medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 01/07/2013 16:28, John Shinners wrote:
>
> I knew that "10K" looked funny even as I wrote it, but was too lazy to
> check (which predicts, I'm afraid, the zeal I would bring to compiling
> my saint census). A quick search now doesn't uncover it, but wasn't
> there once also a theory that the "11,000" came from misreading the
> meaning of a Roman mile-marker near Cologne?
It could be anything - it could be "mild" (mitis).
John Briggs
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