medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Greetings all,
What is translated as 'running his hands over' a sick person is something done by Icelandic saints to cure the sick. I feel sure they didnīt invent it, and am wondering how common it in other hagiography?
Meg
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