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Lives of the Saints
St Bede and the Singing Stones
The Northumbrian monk is duped into wasting one of his beautifully-crafted sermons on a row of dumb rocks.
based on The Golden Legend 1275
Filioque
It started as an honest mistake, became a diplomatic standoff, and brought down an Empire.
The Voice of an Angel
A tenth-century Greek monk is joined by a total stranger for Mattins.
based on a Byzantine Tradition
Bible and Saints
Birds of Paradise
Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf paints a word-picture of heaven and the seraph-band that swoops and soars before the throne.
by Cynewulf fl. ?800
Mountain of Light
St Bede says that Christ’s Transfiguration should remind us that we live in two worlds at the same time.
by St Bede of Jarrow 672-735
Taste and See
Wonder spread through a Tyneside monastery after Bishop Cuthbert asked for a drink of water.