‘Why Am I Still Lying Here?’
After returning from Ripon to Melrose Abbey in 664, St Cuthbert contracted the plague. When he learnt that his fellow monks had prayed through the night for him, he at once got up, scolding them for not mentioning it sooner. Thereafter he exhibited no more symptoms, apart from a little internal niggle that recurred to the end of his days.
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