R: [SEELANGS] Tsars as healers?

[Stephanie Briggs]

Hm, Caligula ("Little Boots") doesn't strike me as an altruistic healing
type of guy...

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On 11 September 2010 21:59, Luciano Di Cocco <luciano.dicocco at tin.it> wrote:

> > I'm very interested to hear thoughts on this, as I have a particular
> > interest in Nicholas II.
>
> Unfortunately I know nothing about tsars as healers. It was one of my
> questions. I have found a couple of web references on the background that
> some may find interesting.
>
> On Roman Emperors as healer there is a reference in this article:
> http://craigaevans.com/Priene%20art.pdf
>
> <<Because of their divinity, it was believed that the Roman
> emperors could in some instances effect healing. According to Suetonius: "A
> man of the people, who was blind, and another who was lame, together came
> to [Vespasian] as he sat on the tribunal, begging for the help for their
> disorders which Serapis had promised in a dream; for the god declared that
> Vespasian would restore the eyes, if he would spit upon them, and give
> strength to the leg, if he would deign to touch with his heel. Though he
> had
> hardly any faith that this could possibly succeed, and therefore shrank
> even
> from making the attempt, he was at last prevailed upon by his friends and
> tried both things in public before a large crowd; and with success" (Divus
> Vespasianus 7.2-3).>>
> By the way, all the article can be of great interest for those interested
> in
> the relationship between early Christianity and Roman Emperor Cult.
>
> Here
>
> http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1067&context=histo
> ryfacpub
> there is an article specifically on the (supposed) healing powers of Queen
> Elisabeth I, and in general this context in England.
> Here
> http://www.grijalvo.com/Hfz000/hfz000_2002_J_D_Cofield_Hands_of_a_King.htm
> , in the context of sources for Tolkien, there is some infos on the
> tradition of kings imposing hands to the subjects, lasting until 1712 or
> 1730 in England, and as late as the Revolution in France.
> I have found no reference on survival of this belief in Russia. But a
> friend
> of mine remembers an Italian documentary (I don't know how accurate)
> asserting that miraculous healings were attributed to Stalin. Somebody can
> confirm this? If true, was it something new or something referring to older
> traditions?
>
> Luciano Di Cocco
>
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