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> I am pursuing the origins of the following folk-tale on a Romanesque church:
>
> A jealous old husband was convinced that her young and very pious wife was so fond of going to the
> parish church because it was supposed to be the "meeting point" with her clandestine (and -as we learn at
> the end of the story- imaginary) lover.
>
> One day, the angry old man decided to kill both (supposed) lovers and rushed from his house to the
> church, armed with an axe. When he was about to enter the temple, the door was miraculously bricked up
> by "the hand of God", so the young woman was safe of any harm.
Dear Carlos,
I have not heard of such a story, but it strikes me as perhaps a sort of rationalized
legend relating to an anchoress. I look forward to more informed responses.
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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