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THOMAS1 (saint). Thomas the Apostle was one of the twelve disciples of Jesus (Matthew 10:2). Jacobus de Voragine gives his life story, Legenda aurea V. Christian tradition says that he was martyred in India, c. A.D. 46 (NCE XIV: 101).
The Merchant swears by St. Thomas of India, MerchT 1229-1231.
A.S. Haskell, "Attributes of Anger in the Summoner's Tale (St. Thomas of India)." Essays on Chaucer's Saints, 58-63; Jacobus de Voragine, GL, trans. G. Ryan and H. Ripperger, 39-46; ibid., LA, ed. Th. Graesse, 32-39; The South-English Legendary, ed. C. D'Evelyn and A.J. Mill, II: 571-586.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
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