Dear listmembers,
A colleague of mine, Jane Schulenburg [who knows she ought to join this
list, but hasn't done so yet], is trying to track down a reference she heard
in a conference paper some time back. It's a statement to the effect that a
woman who has borne children in the ordinary biological way cannot be
considered a serious candidate for sainthood, and supposedly comes from the
documents compiled in connection with the [unsuccessful] case that was made
in the 16th [or 17th?] century for canonizing Thomas More's oldest daughter,
Margaret More Roper.
If anyone out there either recognizes the statement or can tell Jane where
to find the documents for Margaret Roper's canonization, just e-mail the
information to me, and I'll pass it on to her.
Thanks from both of us,
Sherry Reames (English Dept., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison)
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