I have read that in 804, while Charlemagne was
consecrating a church in Aix-la-Chapelle,
363 bishops were participating in the ceremonies. It seemed such a shame to not
have a bishop for every day of the year that two dead bishops who were buried
near by leapt from their graves to participate. Unfortunately, this is all I
have learned of the story, so I don’t know what happened next. I have a sense
that bishops are generally urbane men, so it may be that they calmly welcomed
their dead brethren and preceded with the ceremony. On the other hand, it
strikes me as possible that a general cry
was heard of “Ack! Dead bishops!” followed by a panic-stricken exodus
from the church.
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