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Among the miracles assigned to saint Thomas Becket at the end of the twelfth century, about a third of them have been put into effect thanks to « the water of saint Thomas »'s help, obtained with the dilution of the saint's blood into water. The symbolic value of a martyr's blood, ranked on the Christ's blood, and the persevering action of the monks of Canterbury explain a large and rapid spread of the water of saint Thomas, carried in wooden and then metallic flasks. Kept at ordinary people's house or in churches, the water of saint Thomas was used as a lotion or as a drink, to vary from illness to illness. This use was often preceded by a spiritual purification. This thaumaturgie method seems to have played an important role in the spread of the cult and of the reputation of Thomas Becket.
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