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Page 373
St. Michael is the modern Hermes , the angel of death , and in the representations of him , usually to be seen over the door entering into the part of the church consecrated to the sacred mysteries , he is depicted as a warrior , having ...
St. Michael is the modern Hermes , the angel of death , and in the representations of him , usually to be seen over the door entering into the part of the church consecrated to the sacred mysteries , he is depicted as a warrior , having ...
Page 374
Many quaint superstitions are still in practice in connection with death ; a goat's - hair coverlet , for example , must not be put on the bed of a dying man , or it will impede the departure of his spirit ; and it is looked upon as a ...
Many quaint superstitions are still in practice in connection with death ; a goat's - hair coverlet , for example , must not be put on the bed of a dying man , or it will impede the departure of his spirit ; and it is looked upon as a ...
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We cannot doubt the truth of the account given by Marcelli- nus , for the death of the two ecclesiastics is mentioned by other historians , and ascribed by them to the emperor's jeal- ousy . They say that Eudocia took Pres- byter ...
We cannot doubt the truth of the account given by Marcelli- nus , for the death of the two ecclesiastics is mentioned by other historians , and ascribed by them to the emperor's jeal- ousy . They say that Eudocia took Pres- byter ...
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