medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
At 14:26 02.03.01 +0000, you wrote:
>On another subject. does anyone know why so many hospitals are dedicated to
>St Bartholomew? I looked him up on a few saints databases and he's the
>patron saint of people with nervous diseases and twitchings - but that
>doesn't really explain the number of general hospitals, hospices etc.
I don't know if this is very helpful since lots of saints are known for
such miracles, but www.heiligenlexikon.de states that St Bartholomew once
was called to King Polymios of Armenia to cure his possessed daughter.
Greetings,
Susanne Lang
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