Some nobles heard the Taʾammera Maryam (Miracles of Mary) and became devotees, other nobles persecuted them

Summary

After hearing about a miracle performed by Mary, half the aristocrats in a town became monks. The other half grew envious and went to stone the monks. However, Mary safeguarded the monks by hiding them, and this miracle convinced the holdouts to put their faith in Mary.

Translation

Translated by Mehari Worku with Wendy Laura Belcher from EMDA (HMML) 10, f. 224r, col. 1, in 2022.

In a town, a lot of aristocrats heard about a miracle of Our Lady Virgin Mary.

Half of those who had heard [about it] became monks and began [fervently] to serve Our Lady Mary’s love.

Then, envious others came to stone those aristocratic monks, but the Holy Spirit advised the monks to hide.

So, those envious others came to understand that the Holy Spirit and Our Lady Mary, the Holy Virgin, Mother of God had hidden those aristocratic monks.

So, they believed in the greatness of [Our Lady Mary,] the intercessor and merciful one.

My dear Lady Mary, save me, your servant Arkelieds, by your prayers, forever and ever. Amen.

TO CITE THIS TRANSLATION

Mehari Worku with Wendy Laura Belcher. 2022. "ID 1057: Some nobles heard the Taʾammera Maryam (Miracles of Mary) and became devotees, other nobles persecuted them." From EMDA (HMML) 10, f. 224r, col. 1. Täˀammərä Maryam (Miracle of Mary) Stories, edited by Wendy Laura Belcher, Jeremy Brown, Mehari Worku, and Dawit Muluneh. Princeton: Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary project. https://pemm.princeton.edu/stories/1057.