STRANGE PHENOMENA - CHRISTIANITY - SALAMANDER The 'miracle' of a how a salamander may use flame and fire as food. The woodcut, illustrating this power, is a visual argument that if this may happen then why should not the miracle of the virgin birth also occur. Woodcut from Franciscus de Retza, Defensorium inviolatae virginitas Mariae, late 15th century.

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