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Miracle data
Source name: Jean Gobi
Short title: Confitetur praedo (al. miles) letaliter saucius (al. capite iam amputato)
Poncelet Number: 644 - Fuit quidam princeps latronum, qui heremo veniens ad domum
Reference numbers: no.17 no.2
Rubric/Title in source: Item ad idem
Incipit: Fuit quidam princeps latronum qui in heremo veniens ad domum paupercule mulieris requirit quare in sabbatis jejunarent parvuline filie sue
Notes: Scala Coeli: 688 MARIALE MAGNUM: -- Herolt, Miracle 53 TU 4793: Thief, head rolling downhill. “A thief, found asleep by his enemies, is beheaded. His head rolls downhill, calling on the Virgin to aid him to confess. When summoned, the priest insists that the head be brought back to the body. The thief explains that in life he has done honor to the Virgin.”