medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Bridget of Sweden had 'a lawhyng cher', according to
Margery Kempe who heard it from Bridget's former maid.
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:28:10 +0100 Chris Daniell
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> As a counter to vengeful saints, I have only once come across a saint who
> laughed. This occurs in the foundation story of Selby Abbey, N Yorks,
> where Benedict arrives at Salisbury in the mistaken belief that it is
> Selby. St Germanus appears to him in a dream laughing and tells him to set
> out again to Selby.
>
> Does anyone know of any other laughing saints - its the only one I know of
>
> Chris Daniell
>
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