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Giraldus Cambrensis in his late 12th-century _History and Topography of Ireland_ tells of a priest who meets 2 werwolves from Ossory, man and woman, changed into this form by the curse of the abbot, St. Natalis. He gives the viaticum to the woman werwolf, who is ill, and sends them on their way. (The saint's curse demands that the pair wander for seven years; if they survive, another pair then takes their place.) Giraldus reports that the Bishop of Meath assembled a synod to seek advice about what to do the story, confessed to him by the priest. Giraldus claims the synod sent him to the pope with supporting documents. John ____________________________________________________________________________ John Shinners e-mail:[log in to unmask] Chair and Professor Phone: (office): (219) 284-4494 Humanistic Studies Program Phone (dept.): (219) 284-4501 Saint Mary's College Fax: (219) 284-4716 Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%