Greetings--
>Can anyone tell me where I can find legitimate information on the imfamous
>"groping chair" or sedes Stercoraria, in Latin. The only info I can find
is
>from very anti-catholic web pages, and my book "Sex Lives of the Popes,"
>which I have found to have erroneous information in it.
I believe there was a 14th century chronicler (Adam of Bremen?) who
described the chair and the procedure (as well as recounting the Pope Joan
story), although from what I remember, scholars aren't sure that he actually
ever saw the chair and quite definite that he never saw the supposed
ceremony.
Susan
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