King Canute could not believe that his hard-living predecessor Edgar could father a saint.

The way Edith kept tracing little crosses with her thumb made a great impression on Archbishop Dunstan.

Edith of Wilton may have been the daughter of King, but she did not behave like one in the Abbey or the town.

An austere Bishop of Winchester scolded St Edith for her comely nun’s habit, but the young woman’s eyes saw further than his.

Cuthbert’s friend comes asking for a priest to attend his dying wife — so long as it isn’t Cuthbert.

Soon after Athelstan became England’s first king, he played a trick on the King of Norway which demanded a reply.