> Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 16:07:48 +0000 (America/Knox_IN)
> From: Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Fresh Outa the Box <Hagiography site
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> "....Cistercian saints, in a tradition that probably dated to the
> earliest days of the order, when monasteries were not supposed to be
> pilgrimage sites, were frequently said to have been ordered by the abbots to
> stop working miracles. After the death of Stephen of Grammont... miracles
> worked at his tomb resulted in a pilgrimage that threatened the peace and
> isolation of the community. The prior approached his tomb and solemnly
> commanded him to cease his miracles, or else, he was told, his body would be
> disinterred and cast into the nearby river..." (chapt. 6, "Coercion of Saints
> in Medieval Religious Practice," pp. 119-20, citing the _Vita S. Stephani_, PL
> 204.1030)
Didn't Thomas Merton's superiors have a similar attitude to the
attention his writing attracted?
Janice Pinder
Research Associate
School of Historical and Gender Studies
Monash University
Clayton 3168
Australia
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