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St. Patrick and the Snakes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2016

Alexander H. Krappe*
Affiliation:
Princeton, New Jersey

Extract

The miracle of the Apostle of Ireland leading to the expulsion of noxious reptiles from the Emerald Isle is, if not one of the best attested, at least one of the most widely known. In a brief study published some time ago, the writer pointed out that similar miracles are credited to quite a number of other holy men, the scene of their actions being, significantly enough, the Channel Islands and some islands on the French Riviera. The list might be considerably extended.

Type
Miscellany
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Copyright © 1947 by Cosmopolitan Science & Art Service Co., Inc. 

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