medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I know of a Greek example from the 1970s.
DW
John Wickstrom wrote:
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> I have an example of a ninth-century saint (Maurus of Glanfeuil) who appears (post mortem) to an abbot, ordering him to carry a message for the saint. The abbot fails to carry out the saint's orders; the saint appears and second time some days later with the same result, then a final time, at which point he lashes the recalcitrant abbot (three times) and threatens him with death for non-compliance.
> I think I have seen such "triple appearances" before in early medieval sources, but bring them to mind. I would be esp. interested to see whether such multiple appearances have some contexts in common.. Does anyone have such examples?
> thanks
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> jbw
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> John Wickstrom
> Kalamazoo College
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