Show stopped the miracles the tomb of saint etienne da muret canonized in 1083 in the abbey of grandmont Grand mond was so great an offender on account of the number of miracles that the religious were completely worn out by the rush of votaries vot aries the prior devised however a very dimple but effective remedy for this grievance be taking himself to the tomb he aa follows servant of god yon preached to us the delights of solitude and yet you assemble in our retreat as many leopla as if it were a market or a fair we are sufficiently persuaded of your sanctity not to be curious about your miracles if then you will not leave off working them we protest and declare on high in virtue of the obedience we have promised you that we will unearth your bones and throw them into the river As might be expected tho threat was sufficient and saint etienna de muret did no more miracles all the year round |