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Miracle data
Source name: BL Mariale 1
Short title: Priest Summoned by the Devil
Poncelet Number: 1478 - Quidam presbyter cum servum se peccati carnalibus devictus
Reference numbers: book3 no.16
Foliation in source: f. 143v
Incipit: Quidam presbyter cum servum se peccati carnalibus devictus
Summary: How the Devil appeared at the sick-bed of an incontinent Priest, and showed him the chains prepared to drag him to hell; and how the Devil was driven away by the Virgin, and the Priest spared for repentance (II, 618).