St. Hilaire de Poitiers was bishop of Poitiers in the 4th century. He was known as a very pious man who despised heresy. The story about him in the "Golden Legend" is that the pope, named Leo, had been corrupted by heresy and he summoned all the bishops together to discuss church doctrine. Hilaire was not invited to this meeting, but he found out about it and showed up anyway. The pope began to ridicule him, but Hilaire stood up for himself and accused the pope of heresy right to his face. When the pope excused himself to obey nature's call, he was stricken with dysentery, pooped out all of his intestines, and died. Hilaire then took control of the assembly of bishops and the heresy was stopped.
The Golden Legend claims this story is true despite the absolute lack of any documentation of the incident and the fact that there was no pope named Leo in the fourth century. Hmm.
So, rather than taking inspiration from the pooping incident as entertaining as that might have been, I went with the French theme. I don't really have any real Frenchified accessories like a beret or cute little neck scarf, but I do have a striped sweater. So, here goes:
1 comment:
THIS LOOKS SMASHING ON YOU! You look so tall and thin and LIKE A BOSS. I love it.
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