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It was widely known that he was unable to consummate his betrothal to his first wife, and there were rumours that he had a deformed penis.(.)Henry had as much luck impregnating Joan as he had with his first wife, leading to drastic measures. A Jewish physician(.)attempted to artificially inseminate [Joana de Portugal] using a vial of Henry's sperm - the first recorded instance of such a practice.

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Ok turns out I was misinformed - this is not a Greek mythology but European history book.
Whoops 😓

Finishing my Greek mythology phase with a non-fiction 🫡

It was widely known that he was unable to consummate his betrothal to his first wife, and there were rumours that he had a deformed penis.(.)Henry had as much luck impregnating Joan as he had with his first wife, leading to drastic measures. A Jewish physician named Samaya attempted to artificially inseminate Joan [Joana de Portugal] using a vial of Henry's sperm - the first recorded instance of such a practice.

The saints were the medieval equivalents of today's superheroes, and individuals would have their personal favourites who they most closely identified with.

»Schweigt nicht länger!
Schreit mit hunderttausend Zungen!
Ich sehe, dass die Welt wegen dieses Schweigens in Trümmern liegt.«

Katharina von Siena, »Brief an einen Großprälaten«, um 1375