[Buddha-l] Academicians Claim Buddha Turned Into European Saint

[Espen S. Ore]

Dante Rosati skrev 05.07.2005 07:41:

>http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200507/kt2005070420024111680.htm
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>Academicians Claim Buddha Turned Into European Saint
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>By Kim Ki-tae
>Staff Reporter
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>The ancient tale of Gautama Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism, spread from
>his homeland to Europe, where he became a Christian saint with the name of
>``Iosaphat.”
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This story was also translated into Norse in the 13th century AD: 
Barlaams saga ok Josafats. And here is a Greek Agios Varlaam/Vaarlam 
monastery in the Meteora: http://folk.uio.no/espeo/2004/vaarlam.jpg

And secondhand I have heard that there is a monastery in Antwerp with 
reliques of St. Josaphat.

Espen Ore