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>The story concerns John Scotus Erigena (d.877), and is--if I recall >correctly: notes are not at hand--a very late story, recounted, I think, by >William of Malmesbury (?). The story would then date from around the time >that Erigena's reputation as a heretic, a pantheist, was becoming >formalized, and his teachings rejected. Not a very credible story in any >case...but in the age of the ball-point... > I believe the victim was actually Cassianus in the original version of this story--however, this is based on my vague memories of reading the Old English Martyrology some twenty years ago. In any case, I think it pre-dates Erigena. Megan McLaughlin,Associate Professor of History and Women's Studies History Dept., Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 309 Gregory Hall, 810 S. Wright St., Urbana, IL 61801 Tel: 217-244-2084 Fax: 217-333-2297 E-MAIL: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%