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... Nuns of Loudun in 1633 of witchcraft . then had recourse to Father Mignon , an- other enemy , confessor to the nuns of a small Ursuline convent at Loudun . The plan was to persuade a few sisters they were possessed and , under exorcism ...
... Nuns of Loudun in 1633 of witchcraft . then had recourse to Father Mignon , an- other enemy , confessor to the nuns of a small Ursuline convent at Loudun . The plan was to persuade a few sisters they were possessed and , under exorcism ...
Page 393
... nuns exorcized . 1550 Wertet , in the county of Hoorn , Brabant . Nuns lent a poor woman three pounds of salt , and received six pounds in return . Immediately , the nuns climbed trees . like cats , were invisibly pinched and beaten ...
... nuns exorcized . 1550 Wertet , in the county of Hoorn , Brabant . Nuns lent a poor woman three pounds of salt , and received six pounds in return . Immediately , the nuns climbed trees . like cats , were invisibly pinched and beaten ...
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... nuns . Gaufridi tortured and burned ; the two nuns expelled ( Michaëlis ) . * 1613 Lille . Epidemic spread from related Brigittine house at Aix . Three nuns accused another , Marie de Sains , of bewitching them ; spoke foreign tongues ...
... nuns . Gaufridi tortured and burned ; the two nuns expelled ( Michaëlis ) . * 1613 Lille . Epidemic spread from related Brigittine house at Aix . Three nuns accused another , Marie de Sains , of bewitching them ; spoke foreign tongues ...
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