medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
How about Altötting? And is this too early for shrines consecrated to
bleeding hosts? I know they proliferated in Bavaria somewhat later.
Phyllis
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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>Hi folks --
>
>I was wondering if anyone could help me with a question for an author
>friend. She needs her protagonists to go to a healing shrine circa 1230
>AD, and I've been trying to help her find a likely candidate. We turned
>up a number of British locales for healing miracles, but she would
>prefer something a bit more easterly. I did finally turn up the
>following shrine:
>
>Blessed Rasso of Grafrath, OSB (AC)
>(also known as Ratho)
>Died 953. Count Rasso of Andechs (Bavaria), a man of great stature, was
>a brave warrior. He led the Bavarians in several campaigns against the
>invading Hungarians. After a midlife pilgrimage to the Holy Land and
>Rome, he founded a Benedictine abbey at Wörth (now Grafrath) in Bavaria
>where he himself became a monk. Saint Rasso gives his name to the
>healing shrine of Grafrath in Bavaria (Attwater2).
>
>Would this be a good candidate? Does anybody know anything about this
>shrine or this saint (why his shrine is a healing one, especially)?
>Alternatively, can anybody think of a better shrine?
>
>Many, many thanks in advance.
>
>--Sarah Roark
>
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