medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003 18:28:27 -0500, you wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>Just another little medieval spider ditty...
>
>On his way to see the dying Innocent III, St. Francis (I think he was the
>one) dilly-dallied along, taking his own sweet time to talk to a muslim,
>feed a teaspoon of soup to a beggar, and help a spider.
>
>I can just see them in Innocent's death chamber...the cardinals standing
>around, tapping their feet in impatience, arms folded, checking their
>watches every few minutes..."Where the heck is he???"
>
>Okay so they didn't have watches then but it makes for an amusing scene in
>my little head.
>
>wendy reardon
So that's where St. Bonaventure got the idea to refuse to receive the papal
delegation sent to tell him he'd been made a cardinal until he'd finished
the washing up!?
Gordon
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