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> I have not followed this up but it suggests that this story is one
> that has
> a habit of attaching itself to hair shirts ....
It is in fact attached to the story of St Thomas's breeches. The same
story which I quoted from Evelyn Underhill, "Miracles of our Lady"
continues with the story of a young priest, sacked for knowing only one
Mass (of our Lady). He returns to Becket and says:
"My Lord, hear me with patience; for I am sent to you from that Lady
who in the monastery church of Pontigny did men your breeches of hair.
And she demands and ordains that you do restore to me the grace of
celebrating her Mass, for she knows that I love her; nor has she in
Canterbury any other priest that serves her thus."
When he heard these words, Saint Thomas fell at the feet of that
chaplain . . .
Oriens.
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