>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...
>
I believe the victim was actually Cassianus in the original version of this
story--however, this is based on my vague memories of reading the Old
English Martyrology some twenty years ago. In any case, I think it
pre-dates Erigena.
Megan McLaughlin,Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies
History Dept., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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