Sorry to get into this interesting discussion so late. Since reading all
these messages I have been more attuned to costume. Perhaps someone has
already said this, but white is the color de rigeur for recipients of
miracles making pilgrimages of thanksgiving to the tomb of Vincent Ferrer
in Brittany in the 1453-54 canonization inquest there.
laura
Laura Smoller
Department of History
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
2801 South University Ave.
Little Rock, AR 72204-1099
tel 501-569-8389
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