Confessio

Refert Cesarius… = non repéré.

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Tubach Frederic C., 1969. Index exemplorum. A Handbook of medieval religious tales, Helsinki.:

• #1202 (var. C) : Confession, written, disappears. (Var.) a.) Confession disappears. A scholar is unable to say his confession because of extreme contrition. The abbot has him write it on paper. Upon reading the terrible sins, he calls on the prior for a decision, but the paper upon which the sins were written has been miraculously wiped clean. (See also: 738, 1139, 4421). Alpha # 102, # 205; CHeist-II #10; CHeist-III #27 var.; EdeB # 176, # 178, # 179 var.; Enx (G) # 1; H13 # 88. H77 # 192, H351 # 15, H380 # 123, H484 # 59, H542 # 4 var., H560 # 17, H586 # 61, H597 # 3 var., H609 # 34, # 35 var., H639 # 9, H669 # 293, H680 # 54, H682 # 3, H690 # 34; JVitryCrane #301; Lib. Ex. # 100; Nicole # 86b; Odo (P) # 182 (Herv. IV, p. 336); Pelbart # 13; Recull # 85 var., # 173; Spec. Laic. (Welter) # 531; Wright # 110; S.T.: J80, V21.1, V21.6.– de Vooys, p. 242; Jacob’s Well # 3; Krappe, Sources, p. 20 # 72 (1); Monteverdi, p. 305 (22); Specchio 1, 150; VitaePatrum var. b.) Devil reveals unconfessed sin. 1. A demon publicly announces the unconfessed sin of a man who hasjust returned from confession, but the man’s having made a general confession forces the devil to deny his original claim. 2. A demon reveals that a girl is no longer a virgin, but her confession makes him deny his original claim. 3. A archbishop is raising the Host when a man is possessed by the devil and accuses a monk of a sin; the monk then confesses. 4. A devil, speaking through a woman, tells a lay brother of his unconfessed sins. The latter confesses and the devil is no longer aware of these sins. (See also: 1569). Aev. # 95ter; CHeist-III #6 bis, ter; CHeist-V #29 var.; H352 # 30, # 31. c.) Sins forgotten. (Var.) A monk claims that he knows all the unconfessed sins of his parishioners; he remembers none, however, when the sinners return from confession. (See also: 4417). Alpha # 171, # 174; CHeist-III #21; cf. 33; EdeB # 184; H14 # 89, H353 # 38, H609 # 40, H659 # 173, H667 # 265, H705 # 47; JVitryCrane #302; Recull # 142, # 145; S.T.: V21.1, V24.1.– Monteverdi, p. 390 (26). (© Frederic C. Tubach)