in response to laura's post below, i recall reading
somewhere that St. Francis was not, in fact, the originator
of the Christmas creche. Does anyone know of earlier
examples?
meg
> it seems to me that St. Francis's institution of the miracle
> of the crib (praesepio) at Greccio was to do with such
> christianization of pagan practices..I seem to remember that
> it first took place in the woods.
> laura jacobus
Margaret Cormack [log in to unmask]
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College of Charleston tel: 843-953-8033
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