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The Blood Miracle Debate in Neapolitan Folly
A long discussion from a London weekly critiques the Neapolitan blood miracle at St Januarius. It cites Addison and Dr Middleton, argues the liquefaction is a staged trap, and offers crocus mortis and cochineal as the true cause, detailing a contrived hourglass-like vessel and the priests’ manipulation for public belief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Caarcoi
St. Fanuarius
Addison
Italy
Duke of Anjou
Spain
St. Fansxarzas
Pafehail
Kingdom of
Horace
Sara
TER of Commerce and Intelligence
London
Tam
John Douglas
St. Januarius’s