The story concerns John Scotus Erigena (d.877), and is--if I recall
correctly: notes are not at hand--a very late story, recounted, I think, by
William of Malmesbury (?). The story would then date from around the time
that Erigena's reputation as a heretic, a pantheist, was becoming
formalized, and his teachings rejected. Not a very credible story in any
case...but in the age of the ball-point...
Gary Dickson
University of Edinburgh
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