Note 39 — Chapter VI · Diabolic Possession and Modern Spiritism
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Sulpitius Severus (d. 420-5) in his Dialogues, III (II), 6; (Migne, Patres Latini, XX, 215) tells us that S. Martin of Tours was wont to cast out demons by prayer alone without the imposition of hands or the use of the formulæ recommended to the clergy. Similar instances occur in the lives of the Saints.