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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Shoes of Hope
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:11:09 +0200
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Beautiful, and what a story!

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA



On Jul 16, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Gerry Walden wrote:

> In the late 7th or early 8th Century a monk traveled from Ireland to 
> Normandy and worked in and around the town of Saint Omer. He died there in 
> 734 crippled by walking his whole time through the countryside. Later made 
> a Saint, Erkembode became the patron saint of cripples and people now make 
> pilgrimages to place their shoes and those of their children on his tomb 
> and to to pray for their recovery from debilitating illnesses.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gwpics/12-5216.jpg.html
> 
> I know it has limited depth of field, but I like it very much.
> 
> Gerry
> 
> Gerry Walden
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> +44 (0)797 287 7932
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> 
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