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Miracle data
Source name:	Paris Mariale 1
Short title:	Bishop of Scarra Released from Prison
Poncelet Number:	800 - In Hispania contigit, beata semper virgine Maria operante
Reference numbers:	no74
Incipit:	In Hispania contigit beata semper virgine maria operante quod refero
Summary:	“How Guido, Bishop of Sarra (or 'Scarra'), was taken prisoner by the Saracens at Fraga, where the King of Spain had left him as governor, and was made to spin in prison; how, in answer to his prayers, the Virgin appeared, and directed him to invoke not only herself, but also her mother, St. Anne; how he obeyed her and the next day was ransomed. Ward. Ro., II, 644, #5.