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Bible and Saints
Passages of history, wonder and spiritual counsel, drawn from the Bible and from the lives of the saints and martyrs, with a special attention to those of the British isles.
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The Last Commandment
By Cynewulf
Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf imagines the farewell between Jesus and his Apostles, forty days after his resurrection.
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St Bega
By Clay Lane
An Irish princess fled to Cumbria to escape the Vikings, clutching her precious silver bracelet.
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Crayke Abbey
The long-lost monastery at Crayke in North Yorkshire was home to two saints with different but equally valuable gifts.
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St Erkenwald, Light of London
The seventh-century Bishop of London helped kings and clergy to shine Christian light into the darkness of mere religion.
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Undoubting Thomas
By Elfric of Eynsham
Abbot Elfric praised St Thomas for demanding hard evidence for the resurrection.
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Perilous Waters
King Saul’s jealousies drove those who loved him away, but David was a very different kind of leader.
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