In 1014, Norwegian prince Olaf Haraldsson sailed to the aid of King Ethelred the Unready in his struggle with the Danes.

Zealous convert Olaf Tryggvason went from England to Norway to spread the Gospel, but it seemed the Lord did not like Olaf’s way of doing it.

An aristocratic widow advertises for a husband, and among the line-up of natty and noble suitors is a rough-and-ready Olaf Tryggvason.

The way St Cuthbert found water for his island retreat confirmed that Northumbria’s church was the real thing.

The Northumbrian monk was touched by two thieving birds who repented of their misdeeds.

Bede is reminded of another great Christian saint when St Cuthbert shoos some troublesome crows from his barley crop.