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I believe that Marie d'Oignie's experience of the Passion mentioned in her
life by Jacques de Vitry precedes Francis. As I remember, however, at her
own request, her wounds were invisible.
Jo Ann McNamara
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from the goose.
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From: Thomas J. Renna <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 6:22 PM
Subject: [M-R] stigmata
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>hagiographers.edu:
>
>Does anyone know of physical marks (including invisible
>ones, such as the later Catherine of Siena) of stigmate,
>loosely defined, before Francis of Assisi? Do any vitae
>contain some sign of suffering or the Passion of Christ
>which might, however indirectly, provide some literary
>background for the later specifically stigmata of Francis
>and the many saints with similar identifying signs?
>
>And, after Francis, are there other stigmatists in the
>century after him? More to the point, does the
>hagiographer's interpretation of the significance differ
>from that Francis' earliest biographers, including
>Bonaventure? Are these later stigmatists also "second
>Christs" or simply manifestation the conventional marks of
>sanctity?
>
>Thanks. I'd much appreciate any leads.
>
>Thomas Renna - History
>Saginaw Valley State Universit
>
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