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Cynewulf encourages his listeners to remain committed to the Christian life, by reminding them of the reward that awaits them.
Picture: © Olga Burda, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.. Source.
Posted April 21 2022
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Shortly before Easter, an ivory box went missing from the gifts presented at the shrine of St Cuthbert.
Picture: From the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted April 15 2022
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A monk living in the tumbledown hermitage that had once belonged to St Cuthbert reluctantly decided that it needed more than repairs.
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Posted March 30 2022
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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.
Picture: Grigoriy Myasoyedov (1834–1911), via the National Museum of Warsaw and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted March 27 2022
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Imma claimed to be a harmless peasant, but there was something about him that Ecgfrith, King of Northumbria, found downright uncanny.
Picture: Attributed to Michael Lupi de Çandiu (fl. 1297-1305), via the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted December 29 2021
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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.
Picture: © Mortier.Daniel, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.. Source.
Posted December 22 2021