A Christianized Jew becomes a priest. During Mass, he stabs the consecrated host, blood flows (cf. C55, J1261.2, V30). He kills the other priest who saw him commit the sacrilege, and before killing, forces him to renounce his faith. A miracle exposes the murderer

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A Christianized Jew becomes a priest. During Mass, he stabs the consecrated host, blood flows (cf. C55, J1261.2, V30). He kills the other priest who saw him commit the sacrilege, and before killing, forces him to renounce his faith. A miracle exposes the murderer.

Religion. · Religious beliefs. · Christian and Jewish traditions about each other. · view the constellation · filed as V364

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LithuanianBalys Index No. 3270, Legends Nos. 416ff.

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Filed under Christian and Jewish traditions about each other.

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Christian child killed to furnish blood for Jewish rite. (Hugh of Lincoln.) (Cf. V254.7.)Plague from Jews' poisoning wells Jewish child thrown into oven by father for taking eucharist. Preserved by Virgin Mary Jewish traditions concerning non-Jews

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