On Sun, 5 Oct 1997, Frank Schaer wrote:
> > Just an addition to the capsule life of Galla. As a widow, she fell
> > victim to that well-known medical problem of built-up sexual heat. The
> > temperature level of her metabolism rose so high that it ignited her male
> > hormones. She was warned that if she did not give up her celibate life
> > and re-marry she would grow a beard and she cheerfully accepted this
> > terrible condition of her continued fidelity to God. Now that I think of
> > this, I wonder if the breast cancer should be construed as a more painful
> > consequence of this renunciation of her womanhood.
>
> Are you sure this isn't a posting for 1 April?
>
No it isn't. A little flip, I admit, but this is the story recounted in
Gregory the Great's Dialogues, IV.13, upon which her claim to sainthood
rests.
Jo Ann
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