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Lives of the Saints
Cuthbert’s Box
Shortly before Easter, an ivory box went missing from the gifts presented at the shrine of St Cuthbert.
paraphrased from an account by Reginald of Durham ?-?1190
Felgeld’s Face
A monk living in the tumbledown hermitage that had once belonged to St Cuthbert reluctantly decided that it needed more than repairs.
paraphrased from an account by St Bede of Jarrow 672-735
The Thrice-Holy Hymn
When the capital of the Roman Empire was in the grip of a violent earthquake, it fell to one small child to save all the people.
by St John Damascene ?636-749
St Bede of Jarrow
Imma’s Bonds
Imma claimed to be a harmless peasant, but there was something about him that Ecgfrith, King of Northumbria, found downright uncanny.
A Shocking Theft
Luka had netted a nice little haul of stolen coins and antiques, but he could not resist stripping down the historic Icon of the Sign too.
Bible and Saints
No Room at the Inn
The Tilers and Thatchers of fourteenth-century York tell how Joseph and Mary fared after they were turned away by the innkeepers of Bethlehem.
from The York Corpus Christi Pageants fourteenth century