Sounds like Caesarius of Heisterbach, Dialogus Miraculorum. The most
recent edition is early 19th c., by J. Strange (if I remember rightly
- don't have my reference to hand). There is an appallingly bad
English translation by C.S. Bland.
Julia Barrow
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 14:12:18 +0100
Subject: cross-dressing saints
From: Madeleine Gray <[log in to unmask]>
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An over-enthusiastic spring-clean has led me to delete the reference to a
female pilgrim who was disguised as a boy, entered a Cistercian monastery
and was not discovered to be a woman until her death. Could some kind list
member reinstate it for me - and does anyone know of other examples of
cross-dressing saints? (Men dressing as women would be particularly
interesting!) This is partly a query from m'learned colleague Miranda
Aldhouse-Green who is doing something on cross-dressing deities and was
intrigued to hear of more modern Christian parallels.
Maddy Gray
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