Subjects

Lives of the Saints

in The Copy Book

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St Ahmed

A Turkish official was itching to know the secret behind a Russian slave girl’s personal charm.

128

Redeemed for Five Shillings

Elfric, the tenth-century English abbot, suggests a practical way of thinking about the Presentation of Christ in the Temple.

129

The Bearded Foreigner

A Japanese swordsman confronts a Russian monk for... actually, he’s not really quite sure.

130

Cuthbert, the Bridle and the Book

One of England’s most precious artefacts, the Lindisfarne Gospels, was nearly lost at sea.

131

St Nicholas the Wet

Two frantic parents implore St Nicholas’s help in rescuing their baby boy.

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Wenceslaus: A Life for a Life

By Divine providence, the shocking murder of Good King Wenceslas led to a flowering of Christian faith in Europe.