![]() ![]() Food in the Medieval Periodįood took on a near mythic value in medieval Europe after the Great Famine of 1315-1317, when a series of cool, rainy summers led to devastating crop failure across the continent. ![]() The Holy Anorexics were highly regarded as women of almost supernatural piety, and some were even canonized, or made into saints, for their dedication. Holy Anorexia (also known as Anorexia Mirabilis or “miraculous lack of appetite”) was a phenomenon that occurred among young women during the Middle Ages. St Catherine Benincasa in 1373 to a Religious in Florence Holy Anorexia ![]() It saddens me greatly that I did not correct this weakness for love.” “I say to you that many times, when I did what I could, then I look into myself to understand my infirmity and God who by a most singular mercy allowed me to correct the vice of gluttony. ![]()
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