medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From The life of St Hugh of Lincoln / [Adam, abbot of Eynsham] ; ed. by
Decima L. Douie and David Hugh Farmer, London : Thomas Nelson ; Oxford :
Clarendon Press, 1961-85. 2 volumes:
vol. 2, p. 153 First, therefore, at Meulan he came to the shrine of St.
Nicasius, where having prayed with deep devotion and made an offering of
gold, he acquired a large bone, which he removed with his own hands from the
head. This acquisition caused him great joy. Whilst on his way to Paris he
turned aside to go to St. Denys. Although he attempted to extract one of the
teeth of St Nicasius whilst holding the holy head uncovered and keep it as a
blessed relic was a failure, he did manage to put his fingers in the
nostrils which had always breathed the good odour of Christ, and easily
removed a delicate little bone which had separated the martyr's two
eye-sockets.
vol. 2, p. 170: On another occasion at Peterborough where the arm of the
glorious king and martyr Oswald is displayed with the bones and skin, and
flesh still bloody as if recently severed from a living body, he severed
with a knife a protruding sinew which was pliable and flexible enough to be
drawn out by whoever handled it. This he kept and preserved with great
devotion.
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