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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture You've probably got plenty of Irish references (especially Patrick--he can be vengeful indeed!), but here are a few more: Samthann caused an eel of enormous size to affix itself to the loins of a man as he crossed a stream on his way to an assignation with one of her nuns (Plummer, Vitae Sanctorum Hiberniae II. 256). She also beat a man who was trying to cheat her monastery of lumber with her staff in his dreams (ibid, 258). When thieves stole food from a nun as she was delivering it to an anchoress, Darerca caused them to become hopelessly lost until they confessed their guilt and promised to atone (Heist, Vita Sanctorum Hiberniae, p91). If you want my translations of these passages from the Latin (I don't believe they've been published in translation as of yet), I'd be happy to send them to you. Maeve On Mar 8, 2010, at 12:50 PM, Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote: > Greetings, > Can any hagiographers on the list give me an example or two of > saints who (at least according to their vitae!) actively > protect their churches, monasteries, or dioceses? I want something a > bit more local than the Virgin Mary's tunic (?) protecting > Byzantium - preferably major disaster to someone who dared to steal > the saintīs property, however defined (with precise references, > please!) > Meg ********************************************************************** 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