medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
As far as frequency is concerned, though the number of medieval dedications
to Michael is very high, most of these were in smallish places that have
left no records of whatever relics they possessed.
Would anyone care to confirm - or otherwise - the idea I have of having read
somewhere that Churches dedicated to St Michael are frequently on hiltops
which had been the site of pagan shrines, and that St Michael - as leader of
the heavenly storm troopers - was the most appropriate saint for such
locations which neede vigorous purging. I am thinking, as it happens, of the
ruin at the top of Glastonbury Tor which is dedicated to St Michael and
where I once had a very "odd" experience. (And no I was not a Flower Child
high on something!)
Brenda M. C.
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