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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture At 01:25 PM 1/29/2003 -0500, John Mundy wrote: >Anent the relics of Thomas, you'll recall that his siter >obtained a finger according to W. of Tocco's life. Not just a finger but his entire right hand. This is explicit both in William of Tocco's life and in B. of Capua's report at Thomas's canonization trial at Naples. Though they differ as to when this relic was separated from the remainder of the corpse, they agree that it was done at the behest of T.'s sister Teodora, sometimes called "the countess of San Severino" as the latter was the family home of her husband, Tommaso di San Severino, count of Marsico and lord of San Severino (and of Diano, and of Sala, etc., etc.). Best again, and thanks for the invaluable renseignements from Toulouse, John Dillon ********************************************************************** 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