medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Friday, March 2, 2007, at 11:54 am, Chris Laning wrote:
> There's a whole herd (flock?) of saints who picked up their heads and
> carried them after being beheaded -- including St. Denis and St.
> Valerie. This list has referred to them as "cephalophores" :)
Focussing on the heads alone, perhaps a better collective term would be 'rack'.
As in:
http://tinyurl.com/35265j
Best,
John Dillon
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