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E00985: Quodvultdeus of Carthage tells a story of a possessed girl whom the bishop locked in a female monastery in Carthage, in which relics of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030) were deposited, in 434. Account in the Book of Promises, written in Latin, probably during Quodvultdeus' exile in Italy in 440/454.
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posted on 2015-12-14, 00:00 authored by robertQuodvultdeus, Book of Promises (Liber promissionum), Dimidium temporis 6.38
Nostris quoque temporibus, Aspare u. c. cons. [viro clarissimo consule] Karthagine constituto, hoc signum diabolicum monstruosumque quod illic accidit quis illius patriae ciuis ignorat?
'Also who of the citizens of this country have not heard about this diabolic and monstrous sign which occurred in Carthage in our times, when the consul Aspar, vir clariissimus, resided in city [AD 434]'
When visiting the baths a girl is possessed by the devil. After seventy days her parents bring her to the bishop.
Cumque incredibilia uiderentur quae dicebantur, habito consilio, monasterio puellarum in quo reliquiae sancti Stephani sitae sunt, sacerdos puellam inclusit simul et praeposito commendauit.
'What people say may appear even more difficult to believe, for upon reflection the bishop locked the girl in the monastery of virgins in which relics of St Stephen are deposited and entrusted her to the superior.'
After two weeks the devil is expelled by the power of the Eucharist rather than the relics.
Text: Braun 1976. Translation and summary by Robert Wiśniewski.
Nostris quoque temporibus, Aspare u. c. cons. [viro clarissimo consule] Karthagine constituto, hoc signum diabolicum monstruosumque quod illic accidit quis illius patriae ciuis ignorat?
'Also who of the citizens of this country have not heard about this diabolic and monstrous sign which occurred in Carthage in our times, when the consul Aspar, vir clariissimus, resided in city [AD 434]'
When visiting the baths a girl is possessed by the devil. After seventy days her parents bring her to the bishop.
Cumque incredibilia uiderentur quae dicebantur, habito consilio, monasterio puellarum in quo reliquiae sancti Stephani sitae sunt, sacerdos puellam inclusit simul et praeposito commendauit.
'What people say may appear even more difficult to believe, for upon reflection the bishop locked the girl in the monastery of virgins in which relics of St Stephen are deposited and entrusted her to the superior.'
After two weeks the devil is expelled by the power of the Eucharist rather than the relics.
Text: Braun 1976. Translation and summary by Robert Wiśniewski.
History
Evidence ID
E00985Saint Name
Stephen, the First Martyr : S00030Saint Name in Source
StephanusRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - OtherLanguage
- Latin