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Miracle data
Source name: BL Mariale 1
Short title: The Drowned Sacristan
Poncelet Number: 850 - In quodam coenobio erat quidam monachus secretarii officio
Reference numbers: book2 no.2
Foliation in source: f. 116v
Incipit: In quodam coenobio erat quidam monachus secretarii officio functus
Summary: How a Sacristan was drowned on his way to visit his mistress; and how his soul was restored to his body by the intercession of the Virgin (II, 604).