Medieval Ireland: everything you wanted to know
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Vernacular Saints in Medieval Ireland
This chapter discusses the extensive number of vernacular saints in medieval Ireland, comparing them to the saints in England. It explains that these saints were not canonized by Rome, but were revered in their communities and had hagiographies written about them. The chapter also mentions the existence of a large corpus of literature on saints' lives, which often includes folklore elements and describes the cures that saints could provide.
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