Pat's Top 10 Least Popular Medieval Penances

February 17, 2010 by Patrick Madrid
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Just in time for Lent! Take your pick:

Patrick Madrid’s Top 10 Least Popular Medieval Penances —

10. Standing barefoot in the snow for hours

9. Skunk hair shirts

8. Scrubbing castle walls with toothbrush

7. Memorizing the Summa Theologiae

6. Chewing tinfoil

5. Delivering papal condemnations to Martin Luther

4. Hand copying the entire Bible

3. Wasp licking

2. Anything involving anthills

1. The “thorn paddle”

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4 Responses to “Pat's Top 10 Least Popular Medieval Penances”

Suzanne says:

February 21, 2010 at 2:16 am

LOL!

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Fr. Jay says:

February 18, 2010 at 2:42 am

If I had to choose, it would be 4, 7 & 8. The others are a bit over the top.

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Teresa says:

February 18, 2010 at 2:30 am

St. Josemaría found his vocation by noticing a monk's bare footprints in the snow

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Doubting Thomas says:

February 17, 2010 at 10:07 pm

#10 was actually done by one Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor

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