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> So Nicholas of Tolentino did it. Francis of Assisi did the same. > > Is this a familiar practice amongst Christomimetic saints? It's popped up quite frequently in my readings, especially among the Italian thaumaturges. > Does it pre-date > the thirteenth-century growth of Eucharistic piety? > > (I refuse to say 'topos' because I trust that it happened in what we > naively used to call real life, you know, that historical phenomenon which > sometimes is said to exist outside of literature -:). [George, have I used > the new sign language correctly?] > > Gary Dickson Yes, Gary, you have well portrayed yourself as a happy one-haired scholar. :-Q (that's me sticking my tongue out at you :-) ) George %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%