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Source name: Johannes Herolt
Short title: The Priest Who Only Knew One Mass
Poncelet Number: 652 - Fuit quidam sacerdos idiota nullam sciens missam, nisi de
Reference numbers: no.94
Rubric/Title in source: Sacerdos quidam non scivit aliam missam nisi de Beata Virgine
Incipit: Fuit quidam sacerdos idiota, nullam sciens missam, nisi de Beta Domina Maria
Notes: Herolt No. 728 There was a certain half-witted priest who knew no mass but that of the Blessed Lady Mary