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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture As I recall the legend, the donkey was kept without food for a number of days and then brought into church. In the church was a pile of straw and the eucharist. The hungry donkey knelt before the eucharist rather than eat the straw. The donkey did not receive the eucharist, but simply acknowledged it. Anthony's point was that even beasts could recognize the eucharist. Cyprian Rosen ----- Original Message ----- From: Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2001 8:18 PM Subject: [M-R] Saint Anthony of Padua > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > In today's paper there was a piece on relics. Included > was an item regarding one of Saint Anthony's miracles > which involved getting a donkey to receive communion. > Could anyone enlighten me as to why this is a miracle > rather than blasphemous sacrilege? > > Thanks, > MG > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > > ********************************************************************** > To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME > to: [log in to unmask] > To send a message to the list, address it to: > [log in to unmask] > To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion > to: [log in to unmask] > In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: > [log in to unmask] > For further information, visit our web site: > http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html