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Holy medicine: Patron saints of wounds due to animal bites.
Clin Dermatol
December 2023
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Zolnierska 18, 10-561 Olsztyn, Poland; Institute for Research in Ophthalmology, ul. Mickiewicza 24 / 3B, 60-836 Poznań, Poznan, Poland. Electronic address:
The cult (system of religious beliefs and rituals) of saints in Western Europe appeared in the 3rd century CE and gained momentum from the 4th to the 6th centuries. Its importance for European society in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages was undeniable; holy medicine was the only hope for sick people because the number of physicians was insufficient, and usually physicians were helpless in the face of most of the ailments that plagued society at that time. The number of saints had increased over the years, and people sought medical help from them through prayer and other religious practices.
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- - The article examines how the Catholic Church responded to the rise of animal magnetism in the early nineteenth century, initially with vague disapproval and later with a strong opposition.
- - Over time, the Church's concerns were focused on the moral and theological risks posed by the evolving interpretations of animal magnetism, which were seen as straying into esoteric beliefs.
- - Key reasons for the Church's condemnation included a naturalistic view of biblical miracles and fears of individuals becoming susceptible to demonic influences.
Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Caring for Pentecostal Patients.
J Palliat Med
April 2023
Department of Internal Medicine-Palliative Care Department, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
People of the Pentecostal faith are a grouping of Protestant Christians. Pentecostals are a growing group not only in the United States, but also worldwide. This article focuses on the Pentecostal beliefs and spiritual practices in North America and their implications in the clinical environment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBeyond one-way determinism: San Frediano's miracle and climate change in Central and Northern Italy in late antiquity.
Clim Change
March 2021
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Unlabelled: Integrating palaeoclimatological proxies and historical records, which is necessary to achieve a more complete understanding of climate impacts on past societies, is a challenging task, often leading to unsatisfactory and even contradictory conclusions. This has until recently been the case for Italy, the heart of the Roman Empire, during the transition between Antiquity and the Middle Ages. In this paper, we present new high-resolution speleothem data from the Apuan Alps (Central Italy).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis article discusses the interlinkage of medicine and the miraculous in the healing actions of living saints, based on the canonisation dossiers of St Francesca Romana (1440-53) and St Francesco di Paola (1512-17). These documents include a large number of miracles performed by saints during their lifetime, and in a large proportion of these cases, the holy person administered some kind of medical substance to an infirm devotee before or while performing the miracle. While the commissioners of canonisation inquests had to determine that the cure was of a miraculous origin, it appears that for the devotees the medical and miraculous acts were an inseparable part of the same continuum.
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