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Record Number: 46159 Author(s)/Creator(s): Craig , Leigh Ann Contributor(s): Title: On a Miracle of Saint Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1325) Source: Medieval Disability Sourcebook: Western Europe.  Edited by Cameron Hunt McNabb.  punctum books, 2020.  Pages 186 - 189. Available open access from the JSTOR website: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv11hptcd.18 Description: This text recounts the miraculous healing of a young girl whom the author, Bishop Bernard Gui, states as having lethargy, phrensy and mania and melancholia. The girl herself attributes her cure to the intervention of Thomas Aquinas to whose grave she came. In a vision she saw the saint defend her "held bound up" by a demon described as a Black man. The editor and translator notes that demons were frequently represented as being black and sometimes had racialized iconography stereotyping people from sub-Saharan Africa. Article Type: Translation Subject (See Also): Bernard Gui, Theologian Demons Hagiography Mental Illness Miracles Thomas Aquinas, Saint Visions Award Note: Geographic Area: Italy Century: 14 Primary Evidence: Illustrations: Table: Abstract: Related Resources: Author's Affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University Conference Info: - , - Year of Publication: 2020. Language: English ISSN/ISBN: 9781950192731 (print) ; 9781950192748 (online)

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