St. Cecilia withstands three blows of beheading sword and lives three days after

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St. Cecilia withstands three blows of beheading sword and lives three days after.

Magic. · Magic powers and manifestations. · Manifestations of magic power. · Lasting magic qualities. · Magic invulnerability. · view the constellation · filed as D1840.1.3

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general *Loomis White Magic 116.

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Filed under Magic invulnerability of saints. (Cf. Q162, V228.)

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Magic invulnerability of saint enables him to break poisonous snakes in bare hands Saint invulnerable to poison

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