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Clarification: Hallvard represents a variation on the topos in that the millstone is said in his Passio (BHL 3750) to have been used as a weight in an attempt to conceal his murder by tossing his corpse into the the Drammenfjord. Still according to the Passio, both the saint's body and the millstone floated to the surface.
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John Dillon
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> Florian of Lauriacum / Lorch is said to have been martyred by drowning whilst weighted down with a millstone. In Latin tradition, probably the most illustrious exemplar of this hagiographic topos is Quirinus of Siscia / Sisak, whose death is made famous from its poetic treatment by Prudentius (_Peristephanon_, 7). Other exemplars include Christina of Bolsena, Hesychius of Antioch, and Hallvard.
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> Best,
> John Dillon
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> On 01/23/14, Karl Brunner wrote:
> > St. Florianus of Lauriacum, d. 304, martyr
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> > yous
> > Karl
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> > Am 23.01.2014 um 11:33 schrieb Gerallt Nash <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>>:
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> > > I am looking for examples of saints who were associated with mills or millstones. Probably one of the best known is St Piran who is said to have sailed from Ireland to Cornwall on a millstone! But are there any other examples?
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> > > Gerallt D. Nash
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