Cuthbert of Farne, A novel of Northumbria’s warrior saint, by Katharine Tiernan Church Altar Candles While the numbers of professed

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during nearly five hundred years' history

Part Two explores the theme of dreams and religion through empirical data

art historian and broadcaster

Cuthbert of Farne, A novel of Northumbria’s warrior saint, by Katharine Tiernan Church Altar Candles While the numbers of professedA young Anglo Saxon warrior lays down his sword to follow a vocation that means leaving behind wealth and position and women. Cuthbert, the seventh century Northumbrian bishop and saint, has become the subject of many a legend. Here we see Cuthbert through the eyes of those closest to him: Princess Aelflaed, his daughter in God, and Eata, his Abbot. This is a time of war between the peoples of the North, and with powerful Bishop Wilfrid seeking to