Fat Friar (was ghosts, magicians and babies was Re: Questions

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 119267


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> Carol notes:
snip
 I really
> don't see any contradiction between being a wizard and being a 
friar
> in the *early* Middle Ages. Even as late as the fourteenth century,
> when witch-burning was in full swing, he could have been known in 
the
> MW for performing "miracles" instead of magic.
> 

Potioncat:
My curiosity was how did he mangage to train for both.  I thought 
boys went to the monestary very young to prepare.  Or is a fiar a 
different sort of religious figure?  I know a fiar isn't a priest, 
but I don't know the difference.

Potioncat