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> Not prior to Hildegarde (unless I've got my dates
hopelessly wrong), and
> not actually canonized, but the Blessed Humility of Faenza
fits your
> description otherwise. Pietro Lorenzetti or someone easily
confused with him
> did a wonderful altarpiece showing scenes from her life
including one in
> which the illiterate Humility miraculously read to her
sisters during the
> meal, and others where she dictates and teaches,
presumably based on her
> miraculous understanding of scripture.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Thomas J. Renna <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 3:36 AM
> Subject: [M-R] PROPHECY
>
>
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
religion and culture
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> > Friends:
> >
> > Does anyone know of women saints who possessed the gift
of
> > prohecy, defined as the understanding of the mysteries
of
> > the scriptures without ever had formal study? Any
examples
> > prior to Hildegard of Bingen?
> >
> > Grazie,
> >
> > Thomas Renna
> > Saginaw Valley State University
> >
> >
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