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Miracle data
Source name: BL Mariale 1
Short title: St. Odo and the Thief Monk
Poncelet Number: 14 - Accidit tempore S. Odonis Cluniacensis abbatis, sicut in Vita
Reference numbers: book1 no.6
Foliation in source: f. 133v
Incipit: Accidit tempore S. Odonis Cluniacensis abbatis, sicut in Vita
Notes:
Summary: How a thief was admitted as a monk by St. Odo, Abbot of Cluny; and how he was visited just before his death by the Virgin, calling himself ‘Mater misericordiae’ (II, 603).