 | 362 pages
...ccclesiara.' ABBO FLORIACENSIS. Collect. Buri. J YATES'S Bury, p. 49. § ABBO FLORUCENSIS ; and the Regittert. of this remarkable fact: his request was complied with, and ' he saw the body of the saint uncomipted ; but, being immediately seized by a demon, he miserably expired.' This story, no doubt,... | |
 | Frederic Shoberl - 1818 - 480 pages
...have ocular demonstra. tion, his request was complied with ; and we are told, that " he saw the hody of the saint uncorrupted, but being immediately seized by a demon, he miserably expired." That curiosity which was so severely punished in a layman, appears however to have been no crime in... | |
 | 1831 - 352 pages
...incomiption of the martyr's body, arrogantly ordered the tomb to be opened, that he might have occular demonstration of this remarkable fact ; his request...himself and for others also ; the veracity of Bishop Theodore is adduced as a most unequivocal testimony to authenticate the fact. ' Having performed a... | |
 | Julia de Wolf Addison - 1922 - 564 pages
...existence of the body of St. Edmund, " arrogantly ordering the tomb to be opened," and it is related that " he saw the body of the Saint uncorrupted, but, being...immediately seized by a demon, he miserably expired." The story of the blaspheming Bishop of Hulm is so naively told by Archdeacon Herman, who was an eye-witness... | |
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This story, no doubt, repressed that curiosity which might otherwise have explored too minutely the clerical arcana. An ecclesiastic, however, was permitted, without incurring this awful fate, to have the satisfaction of seeing for himself, and for others... 