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thaumaturgy
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Although considered to be a thaumaturge, or miracle worker, observations from that time state that "Nothing was strange about his appearance, about his speech.
As Marc Bloch points out in Les Rois thaumaturges, paganism was often confused at this time, consciously or not, with Islam.
In other words, the decision to emphasize Anthony's powers as a thaumaturge - highly relevant in the context of a shrine visited by pilgrims in urgent need of practical succour - left no room for the usually very popular Preaching to the Fishes, or the Sermon in the Nut-tree, or even the Miracle of the Ass.
 
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