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I don't think so. Earlier in her text, Moreira says:
"Medieval authors did not distinguish...between
dream-healings and healings effected through...contact
with the saint's presance: potions...contact with the
tomb railings OR [emphasis mine] those around the
saint's bed..." She seems to differentiate here. What
I inferred from the statement that prompted my query
was that Martin's bed(room) was available for
visitation in the 6th c., two centuries after his
death. I realize he was a hugely important and popular
saint and it is not beyond reasonable belief that his
earthly dwelling place(s) was/were revered; it just
never occurred to me that saints' dwellings were also
kept as shrines, and visited. It certainly is a common
practice today for homes of famous people.
Thanks for your response.
MG
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> Is this perhaps 'bed' as in 'tomb'? Was Martin's
> shrine one of those arranged like a bed and having
> railings?
>
> Graham
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> Subject: [M-R] access to relics
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval
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> Dear List,
> I am currently reading Isabel Moreira's _Dreams,
> Visions, and Spiritual Authority in Merovingian
> Gaul_
> and she makes the following statement: "One of
> Gregory's servants brought sickness upon his whole
> family because he had taken a piece of wood from the
> railings around St. Martin's bed..." Under what
> circumstances would anyone have had access to St.
> Martin's bed railings? After Martin's death, was his
> dwelling kept as a shrine and, if so, for how long?
> Thanks very much,
> MG
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