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Le Miracle de Théophile (The Miracle of Theophilus) is a thirteenth-century miracle play written in Langues d’oïl circa 1261 by the trouvère Rutebeuf.The play is a religious drama drawn from traditional accounts of the lives of the Saints and the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the play Théophile sells his soul to the Devil. Overcome by remorse he prays to the Virgin Mary who delivers him from the cursed pact.The play refers to the legendary history of St.
