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Miracle data
Source name: BL Mariale 1
Short title: Ave on the Tongue
Poncelet Number: 422 - Erat igitur quidam clericus, nomine Nonus, vita irreligiosus
Reference numbers: book3 no.6
Foliation in source: f. 130
Incipit: Erat igitur quidam clericus
Summary: How a clerk was drowned on his way from his mistress; and how he was restored to life, because his last words, found imprinted on his tongue, were ‘Ave Maria’ (II, 612).