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>> >S. Spes was an abbot of a monastery, at a place called Cample, or
>> >Campi, bear Nursia, who was blind for forty years, and bore his
>> >affliction with the greatest sweetness and patience . . .
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>> I am confued here: was it the abbot who was blind, or his pet bear
>> Nursia?
>> Is this like St. Jerome and his lion?
You know, one thing about it.
Whether it was old St. Spes who was blind, or that fuzzy wuzzy bear Nursia,
at least I bet they never had to look at that darned altarpiece by Bernini.
jmichael
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