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Cantiga 011 of the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X

The Drowned Sacristan
   Every night a sinful monk left his monastery to take his pleasure with his mistress.
   Before he left he would say the Ave Maria.
   One night he fell into a river and drowned.
   Devils and angels argued over his soul. The devils’ case was stronger and the angels were about to give in when the Virgin made them recover the monk’s soul.
   They returned the soul to his body and revived him.
   The other monks found him alive in the cold water.

Source: upenn.edu

List of Cantigas de Santa Maria