The Northumbrian monk is duped into wasting one of his beautifully-crafted sermons on a row of dumb rocks.

It started as an honest mistake, became a diplomatic standoff, and brought down an Empire.

A tenth-century Greek monk is joined by a total stranger for Mattins.

Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf paints a word-picture of heaven and the seraph-band that swoops and soars before the throne.

St Bede says that Christ’s Transfiguration should remind us that we live in two worlds at the same time.

Wonder spread through a Tyneside monastery after Bishop Cuthbert asked for a drink of water.