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Known in [[Omnia]] as 'The Most Holy St Bobby' and 'Ossory's ass', St Bobby was a donkey that was raised by the Omnian church authorities to bishophood for having traveled through the desert with the Prophet Ossory.  Described by Deacon [[Vorbis]] as 'highly qualified' for its position in the church aristocracy and by [[Mustrum Ridcully]] as 'a righteous ass'. (See ''[[Book:Small Gods|Small Gods]]'' for further details.)

St Bobby has also been cited by  [[Mr. Slant]] as a valid legal precedent: if a donkey can become a bishop, then [[Mr Fusspot|a small dog]] can legally become principal shareholder and Chairman of the [[Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork]], which in Slant's opinion requires even less mental acumen than the position of bishop. 

==Annotation==

Refer to the [[Roundworld]] biblical story of [[wikipedia:Balaam#Balaam_and_the_donkey|Balaam's ass]], where the Almighty chides the prophet Balaam whilst having temporarily taken on donkey form. It's there, in ''The Book of Numbers''(Numbers 22:24)... you just haven't read your Bible, have you? I wonder what sort of messianic religion donkeys might create for themselves, based on this tale... ("For God so loved the word that He sent His only beloved donkey...") 



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