The Canterbury Tales

In the summoner's tale who did the friar use as examples showing the necessity of fasting?

In the summoner's tale the friar was lecturing Thomas.

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He illuminated his lecture with the examples of Moses who fasted for 40 days, Aaron who fasted before offering prayers, and Christ who prayed and fasted for forty days.

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