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I have added some info regarding the power of healing. There have been many 'natural born healers' in the history of mankind. Magnetism has been said being the main attribute of these blessed people. CHITRANI-08 jAN/06-21.12 (GMT+1)

This user clearly had no grasp of what is considered appropriate content on Wikipedia. I've removed his entire mini-essay -- which should have been done long ago. Cgingold 23:11, 9 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Not factual

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You can't say he had healing powers. Anything supporting the view that it's possible to heal people mysitcally does not belong on Wikipedia as it has no factual evidence.

This is absolute rubbish, and completely ahistorical.

Be that as it may, Lots of people believe in faith healing, and Wikipedia is not a place to say that they are wrong. --Guthrie 22:29, 4 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Birthplace

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I do not think he was born in Affane but had an estate there. I have a reference to say he was born in Devon at Stoke Gabriel in a letter by Herbert Phaire

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Streona (talkcontribs) 15:26, 17 May 2010‎

Text taken form the source mentioned above

--PBS (talk) 21:15, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

With reference to the comment in the letters "He married the sister of Sir William Godolphin" The father of Sir William Godolphin (1635–1696) was William Godolphin(1605–1663) --not very imaginative family when it came to Christian names-- lead me to a new reliable source that says Greatrakes married one of his daughters:
  • Elmer, Peter (2013), The Miraculous Conformist: Valentine Greatrakes, the Body Politic, and the Politics of Healing in Restoration Britain (illustrated ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 63, ISBN 9780199663965
-PBS (talk) 14:49, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

As to where he was born one of the letters states "MR. Valentine Greatraks was born at Stoke Gabriei, in Devonshire" Elmer 2013, p. 17 states that he was born in New Affane, County Waterford, Munster (Ireland) to a Protestant settler family. -- PBS (talk) 16:54, 30 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ See the following pamphlets published respecting this extraordinary man :—Greataricic (Valenc.) Account of his strange Cures, London, 1666, 4to. Wonders no Miracles; or, an Emination of Grcararick's Cures, London, 1666, 4to. "Enthusiafmus Triumphatus, written by Philophilus Parresiastes, with the Observations and Reply of Alazonotnastix, London, 1656, 8vo. Monthly Mag. No. 100.

Expanded with old PD text

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I have expanded the article using the PD text in:

  • Urban, ed. (1779). The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Vol. 49. E. Cave. pp. 22–23. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

However this text was published in 1779 and will need checking and modifying against modern texts. I have cited one for his death (it was previously in external links) and the rest of the text needs checking against sources such as this:

I will leave that task to someone else

-- PBS (talk) 20:36, 29 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

death year

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This article says 1682 while wikidata says 1683. One must be wrong. MB 19:14, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]