"The Miracle of the Unspilled Beer" Topic
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| Tango01 | 30 Jan 2018 9:21 p.m. PST |
"One of the most popular types of writings from the Middle Ages were Saints' Lives. Often written by monks, they would detail the stories of thousands of different saintly-figures, noting their good deeds and the miracles they performed, both while living and after they were dead. These writings offer us an invaluable look at religious beliefs of medieval Christians, and their day-to-day lives. Jonas of Bobbio, was one of these writers – in the seventh-century he penned the Life of Columbanus, an account of an Irish missionary who came to continental Europe to preach Christianity and establish monasteries in France and Italy…."
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| Grelber | 31 Jan 2018 5:46 a.m. PST |
Pity the excerpt doesn't mention the steward's name, since this is undoubtedly the saint we should pray to so as to avoid spillage and messes, generally. Probably the patron saint of all who wield mops, scrub floors, and bus tables. Grelber |
| Tango01 | 31 Jan 2018 10:59 a.m. PST |
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ponders nirvana.