One wild winter’s evening, as she was on her way to the lazar house on her errand of mercy, she was attacked by wolves; the howling of the wind drowned her cries, and in the mornin
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August 14
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Thin entry · the 1897 book gives only 66 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.
One wild winter’s evening, as she was on her way to the lazar house on her errand of mercy, she was attacked by wolves; the howling of the wind drowned her cries, and in the morning only her gnawed bones and portions of her dress were found. THE LAST MOMENTS OP THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. After a picture by Quintin Matsya m the Antwerp Museum..S'.
Choose mercy. Forgiveness and mercy are part of this story.
Keep their day. Remember them on August 14 with a short prayer, and ask for their help.
One wild winter’s evening, as she was on her way to the lazar house on her errand of mercy, she was attacked by wolves; the howling of the wind drowned her cries, and in the morning only her gnawed bones and portions of her dress were found.
THE LAST MOMENTS OP THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. After a picture by Quintin Matsya m the Antwerp Museum..S'. Marcellus.
Feast: August 13
Traditional: August 14
One short email a day for nine days. The day's prayer, a line from St. Radegund's story, and a nudge to keep going.
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain.
From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.