Word: contacio
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...centuries-designed to teach doctrine to an illiterate public as well as to entertain-were the precursors of the medieval miracle plays. Some of the old canticles contain poetry that still has power to evoke the mystery and miracle of Christmas, as for example the 5th century Contacio of St. Romanus of Emesa in which the Wise Men are invited to see for themselves the "rich poverty...
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