Chapter Thammuz to Thebaid of T by Brewer's Readers Handbook

(3) Apollonius of Tyana “raised the dead, healed the sick, cast out devils, freed a young man from a lamia or vampire of which he was enamoured, uttered prophecies, saw at Ephesus the assassination of Domitian at Rome, and filled the world with the fame of his sanctity” (A. D. 3–98).—Philostratos: Life of Apollonius of Tyana, in eight books.

(4) St. Bernard of Clairvaux was called “The Thaumaturgus of the West” (1091–1153).

(5) Francis D’Assisi (St.), founder of the Franciscan order (1182–1226).

(6) J. J. Gassner of Bratz, in the Tyrol, exorcised the sick and cured their diseases “miraculously” (1727–1779).

(7) Isidore (St.) of Alexandria (370–440).—Damascius: Life of St. Isidore (sixth century).

(8) Jamblichus, when he prayed, was raised ten cubits from the ground, a nd his body and dress assumed the appearance of gold. At Gadara he drew from two fountains the guardian spirits, and showed them to his disciples.—Eunapius: Jamblichus (fourth century). (9) Mahomet “the prophet.” (1) When he ascended to heaven on Al Borak, the stone on which he stepped to mount rose in the air as the prophet rose; but when Mahomet forbade it to follow any further, it remained suspended in mid-air. (2) He took a scroll of the Korân out of a bull’s horn. (3) He brought down the moon, and, having made it pass through one sleeve and out of the other, allowed it to return to its place in heaven.

(10) Pascal (Blaise) was a miracle-worker (1623–1662).

(11) Plotinus, the Neo-platonic philosopher (205–270).—Porphyrius: Vita Plotini (A. D. 301).

(12) Proclus, a Neo-platonic philosopher (410–485).—Marinus: Vita Procli (fifth century).

(13) Sospitra possessed the omniscience of seeing all that was done in every part of the whole world.—Eunapius: Œdeseus (fourth century).

(14) Vespasian, the Roman emperor, cured a blind man and a cripple by his touch during his stay at Alexandria.

(15) Vincent de Paul, founder of the “Sisters of Charity,” was a worker of miracles (1576–1660).

Thaumaturgus of the West, St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1091–1153).

Thaumaturgus Physicus, a treatise on natural magic, by Gaspar Schott (1657–9).

Theagenes and Charicleia (The Loves of), a lo ve story, in Greek, by Heliodorus bishop of Trikka (fourth century). A charming fictio n, largely borrowed from by subsequent novelists, and especially by Mlle de Scudéri, Tasso, Guarini, and D’Urfé. The tale is this: Some Egyptian brigands met one morning on a hill near the mouth of the Nile, and saw a vessel laden with stores lying at anchor. They also observed that the banks of the Nile were strewn with dead bodies and the fragments of food. On further examination, they beheld Charicleia sitting on a rock tending Theagenês, who lay beside her severely wounded. Some pirates had done it, and to them the vessel belonged. We are then carried to the house of Nausiclês, and there Calasiris tells the early history of Charicleia, her love for Theagenês, and their capture by the pirates.

Theana is Anne countess of Warwick.

Ne less praiseworthy I Theana read …
She is the well of bounty and brave mind,
Excelling most in glory and great light,
The ornament is she of womankind,
And court’s chief garland with all virtues dight.

Spenser: Colin Clout’s Come Home Again (1595).