Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Reasons to Listen to Archangels, #4831

According to legend, the archangel Michael appeared to St. Aubert, bishop of Avranches, in 708 and instructed him to build a church on the rocky islet. Aubert repeatedly ignored the angel's instruction, until Michael burned a hole in the bishop's skull with his finger. The dedication to St. Michael occurred on 16 October 708.

posted by Dave at 3:33:00 PM

3 Comments:

Blogger David Moles said...

And I think the bishop's mom should never have let him play with her trepanning kit.

2:02 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

yes, but have you seen mont saint michel? it's beautiful. totally worth the hole-burning.

and come on. you've got two bishops.

4:54 PM  
Blogger Dave said...

I dream of one day having the time and money to spend a few months on Mont Saint-Michel, writing a novel . . .

5:35 PM  

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