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Excerpt from Three Months in the Forests of France: A Pilgrimage in Search of Vestiges of the Irish Saints in France
The fame of St. Fursa (f r., Furcy), who is still honoured as the Patron of Lagny and of Peronne, does not, as in the case of St. C olumban, rest upon the importance of the schools and monasteries founded by him so much as on the fact that his visions of heaven land hell are among the first and most interesting of that circle of visions which culminate in the Divina Commedia of Dante. Such apocalypses are not confined to Christianity, and in a forth coming work of Mr. David N utt, the reader will soon have an opportunity of comparing those of our Irish seers with their fore runners, the non-christian visitants of the other world, such as are given in the voyages of Bran, son of Febal, of Maelduin, of Connla and others.
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The fame of St. Fursa (f r., Furcy), who is still honoured as the Patron of Lagny and of Peronne, does not, as in the case of St. C olumban, rest upon the importance of the schools and monasteries founded by him so much as on the fact that his visions of heaven land hell are among the first and most interesting of that circle of visions which culminate in the Divina Commedia of Dante. Such apocalypses are not confined to Christianity, and in a forth coming work of Mr. David N utt, the reader will soon have an opportunity of comparing those of our Irish seers with their fore runners, the non-christian visitants of the other world, such as are given in the voyages of Bran, son of Febal, of Maelduin, of Connla and others.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Author(s) - Margaret Stokes
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780364371220
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Page Count - 298
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ISBN - 9781331866503
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.6 cm
Page Count - 300
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