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[ Taken from the Facetiae of Poggio.]
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[ An exceedingly old story, found in a fabliau by Rutebeuf, Poggio’s Facetiae (Canis testamentum) etc. It also occurs in a collection of Russian folk-lore tales.]
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[ Also from Poggio’s Facetiae (Sacerdotis virtus). Several of the saints have performed the same miracle in order to avoid the terrible sin of eating meat on a Friday. It was amongst the meritorious acts of one—St. Johannes Crucis—who was canonized as recently as 1840.]
