posthumously. Thomas reports of a prediction Marie envisioned of Jacques de Vitry (Bishop Jacques). She foresaw that he would be sent as a prelate to a location across the sea, and she forewarned him not to resist the Lord's will. Her prediction was accurate, as the election took place and de Vitry was, indeed, called to this remote region. Another account describes a time Marie offered a relic of her own hair to a man suffering an illness. By accepting the hair, this man received healing. Another encounter describes Marie and others as having been saved by John the Evangelist during a severe storm. As she was traveling with a group of people, the storm began to bear down near them. In a plea for mercy, Marie prayed to be spared from the storm. Her traveling companions were astonished that the storm raged all around them, yet they did not receive a single drop of rain upon themselves. Marie's prayer of thanksgiving was that all persons who witnessed that divine miracle be spared from any scruple of unbelief. As relics were of high value, particularly in the medieval age, Marie was intent to preserve her body strictly for sacred use after her death. Before she died, Marie heard of a particular man who had pulled the teeth of a deceased holy man. Trembling, she rebuked this man, pleading that he would not do the same to her. She stated she would clench her teeth, even in death, so that he would not be able to pull out her teeth. The man persisted, indicating that she would surely die before he would. He maintained that he would indeed obtain her teeth and proceeded to mock her. After Marie died, the man attempted to wrench her teeth from her jaw, but could not, as her jaw was clenched shut. The man tried and tried, yet only after he broke down in astonishment and prayed for mercy, then did her jaw open and the skull shook out several teeth. Fasting Cautious not to be indulgent in food and drink, Marie consumed very little. De Vitry reports that her meals were exceptionally meager, consisting of no meat or wine and very little fish. She primarily ate a vegetarian diet, but in scant quantities. She preferred to eat bread that was so old and hardened that it would injure the soft tissue of her mouth