Dear Phyllis,
The Life of St Gilbert of Sempringham recounts a miracle in which an
illness is transfered from the suffering saint to one of his companions.
St Gilbert was troubled by fevers and requested his chaplain, Albinus,
to 'endure these attacks of fevour for him, so that he himself might
secure some relief'. The account continues 'Immediately, the following
morning at the exact time when Father Gilbert used to be troubled,
Albinus was taken with a fever and, while our father enjoyed relief, he
was long tormented by a burning heat...'. The miracle is
presented as containing an important lesson for Albinus who had
urged the saint to pull himself together when the latter suffered these
feverous attacks. However, on suffering Gilbert's fevers, Albinus was
brought to the realisation that God, not man, controlled disease. See
'Life of St Gilbert' in R. Foreville and G. Keir (eds.), _The Book of St
Gilbert_ (Oxford, 1987), pp.1-133 at c.31, pp.96-7.
Though a transference of an illness, rather than a wound, I hope this is
of some interest.
Helen Bennett
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