A former sailor's ramblings on anything from family, country and Church through general geek-ness.

1. What does the Catholic Church call a medieval woman

who was a herbalist and wrote books about it?

A Doctor of the Church:

via The TOF Spot: Clearing the Tabs.

And of course it goes up from there. ^.^

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Comments on: "Ah, A Nice List…." (1)

  1. [...] Via Foxfier, we learn about Michael Flynn’s hilarious use of Dr. St. Hildegarde to perform a takedown of anti-Catholic ideas about the Middle Ages being a time when the Church persecuted women who were herbalists, had visions, spoke out, wrote books, composed music, and corrected men. Hee! (Unfortunately, the rest of the post is a very sad review of recent disturbing news.) [...]

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