medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Chris wrote: levitations, stigmata, weeping tears of blood, and reports of heavenly visions ... actually carry little if any weight in the official saint-making process as it now stands. In fact, they're almost frowned upon. As I recall the curé of Ars was somewhat browbeaten by his superiors and Bernadette Soubirous was not popular with her bishop. On the other hand, there's Padre Pio... But I stray from things medieval. MG ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - NetZero HiSpeed! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month -visit www.netzero.com to sign up today! ********************************************************************** 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