...Glaber also reports an interesting incident involving the Holy Fire, which was witnessed by Ulrich, the bishop of Orleans. Ulrich was part of the crowd awaiting the appearance of the Holy Fire, when

a Saracen, truly an impudent jester, one of the crowd of that race which gathers and mixes with the Christians, cried out in the manner of the Christians when the fire is first seen: "Alios Kyrie Eleison" ["Holy Lord, have mercy on us"]. Then, laughing aloud mockingly he reached out and snatched a candle from the hand of one of the Christians and made to flee. But he was sized by a demon who much troubled him [i.e., he had a seizure of some sort]. The Christians followed him and took back his candle. The fellow at once died in agony in the hands of the other Saracens. This event terrified all the Saracens alike, but brought joy and exaltation to the Christians²⁵⁷.

As if all this were not enough, continues Glabe, the Holy Fire appeared "at this very moment" in one of the seven lamps hanging in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Bishop Ulrich bought the lamp and its oil for one pound of gold and brought it back to his own see, "were it provided many benefits for the sick."²⁵⁸

Cited: Hunt Janin, Four Paths to Jerusalem: Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Secular Pilgrimages, 1000 BCE to 2001 CE - Religion - 2002 - 272 p. P. 80.

257. Glaber, Histories, p. 203.

258. Glaber, Histories, p. 203.