Miracles of Mary Most Common Stories
By PEMM Team
October 6, 2023
What are the most common stories in the Ethiopian Miracles of Mary manuscripts?
The top 10 most frequently appearing stories in Täˀammərä Maryam manuscripts are the following (in order from most popular down). The percentage is based on how often they appear in manuscripts that PEMM had completely cataloged by November 2023.
PEMM ID 13 - 70.18% Bishop Hildephonsus of Toledo who collected stories and compiled them into the Book of the Miracles of the Virgin Mary
PEMM ID 187 - 67.80% The laborer who complained to the Virgin Mary because she did not reply to his Hail Mary
PEMM ID 154 - 65.28%The two women who were attacked by robbers on their way to church
PEMM ID 140 - 64.39% The sinful deacon whom his enemies could not kill until he had confessed himself to a priest
PEMM ID 162 - 64.24% The monastic scribe who used to write the Virgin Mary's name in golden ink
PEMM ID 163 - 63.06% The former pagan, the Bishop of Rome, who cut off his hand because of a lustful thought and the Virgin Mary healed him
PEMM ID 161 - 62.46% An aged monk whom the Virgin Mary made young again (sometimes a "Hebrew" man from Akhmim, Egypt)
PEMM ID 142 - 61.72% A deacon prayed the prayer that contained the word 'rejoice' five times for the five joys of the Virgin Mary
PEMM ID 153 - 58.46% A young man who used to crown the icon of the Virgin Mary with roses
PEMM ID 54 - 58.01% Dabra Nagadeyan's dying monk prays in front of her icon to go to Jerusalem and the Virgin Mary takes him from Lower Egypt to all around the holy land