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Sunday, February 4, 2024
Ergot Poisoning
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The term "ergot" refers to a group of fungi that grow on rye and other grains. The illustration shows a stalk of wheat with a grow...
Friday, May 13, 2022
St. Geneviève
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St. Geneviève was born a peasant in Nanterre around 419/22 CE. One day, while St. Germanus was passing through Nanterre, she told him she wa...
Thursday, May 12, 2022
Germanus of Auxerre, Part 2
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After Germanus defeated the Pelagians in Briton (through sheer force of his rhetorical skills, apparently, having studied eloquence and havi...
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