medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Madeleine Gray wrote:
>
> Well, the correlation in the database is specifically with hospitals
> identified as leprosaria. I'd expected a correlation with Mary
> Magdalene, which of course he found, but in some areas a higher
> proportion of leprosaria were dedicated to Leonard.
You need to look also at date of foundation. St Leonard may have been more
popular at particular periods - and those may have corresponded with the
dates of founding leprosaria.
John Briggs
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