medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Yes, Bill's right: I recall that the august Acta Sanctorum's very
first entry deals with this relic, noting that a good five of them
were in Belgium in the mid-17th century.
Mustn't forget Catherine of Siena's marriage ring, consisting of
Christ's foreskin. (Of course, she was married to Him, so that was OK.)
Some journalists could produce even more interesting articles if they
looked past the ends of their noses ...
Best wishes, George
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George FERZOCO
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On 21 Dec 2006, at 12:11, Bill East wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> --- Al Magary <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
>> culture
>>
>> Fore Shame
>> Did the Vatican steal Jesus' foreskin so people would shut up about
>> the
>> savior's penis?
>
> Far from it. Stories of the Divine Prepuce abound. The Viennese
> Beguine
> Agnes Blannbekin (d. 1315) had the sensation of swallowing it when she
> received the Host at Communion. Moreover, she did it again and again.
> On one occasion she felt ‘a little piece of skin alike the skin in an
> egg’ on her tongue, which she swallowed ‘about a hundred times’.
>
> See Ulrike Wiethaus, Agnes Blannbekin, Viennese
> Beguine: ‘Life and Revelations’, translated from the
> Latin with Introduction, Notes and Interpretive Essay
> (Cambridge: Brewer, 2002), p. 35.
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