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> And then there was St. Liutbirga who laughed - but then that was in her unsanctified salad days, when she drank some water in which a mouse had drowned.
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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.
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> Does anyone know of any other laughing saints - its the only one I know of
>
> Chris Daniell
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