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Record Number:
45990
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Quodvultdeus, Bishop of Carthage , ,
Contributor(s):
Title:
Dispossession by Objects: Quodvultdeus
Source:
The Medieval Devil: A Reader. Edited by Richard Raiswell and David R. Winter. University of Toronto Press, 2022. Pages 210 - 211.
Description:
This account concerns an Arab girl who, after imitating a statue of Venus from the public bath, is possessed by the devil. The girl is saved through prayer and receiving the sacrament. Afterward the deacon is inspired by the divine spirit to destroy the statue of Venus.
Article Type:
Translation
Subject
(See Also)
:
Devil
Demoniac Possession
Sacraments
Venus (Mythological Figure)
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
Northern Africa
Century:
5
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Abstract:
Related Resources:
The text is translated by Richard Raiswell and David R. Winter, from Quodvultdeus, Liber promissionum ac praedictorum dei, in Opera omnia, in Corpus Christianorum Series Latina, vol. 60 (Turnholt: Brepols, 1976), pp. 196-97.
Author's Affiliation:
Brandon University [Winter]; University of Prince Edward Island [Raiswell]
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
2022.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
9781442634169 (pbk); 9781442634176 (hbk); 9781442634183 (ePub); 9781442634190 (PDF)