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Hi Marco,

If you look at the Legenda Aurea, you can find a few stories of Jews
essentially being bathed in the blood of Christ before converting.

There are two such stories found consecutively in the section, "The
Exaltation of the Holy Cross."

On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Marco Piana, Mr <[log in to unmask]>
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> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Dear all,
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> My name is Marco Piana, and I am a Ph.D. student at McGill University,
> Montreal. During the last months, I have been working on an article on
> blood devotion in early modern Italy. One of my case studies involves a
> vision/prophecy where people convert to Christianity by bathing into the
> blood of Christ. I was wondering if it is a consistent topos in medieval
> Christianity, and if so, if you ever encountered a similar case.
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> Thank you very much in advance!
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> All the best,
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> Marco
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