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Life of St Cuthbert
St Bede, tr. Giles, 1845
- Preface
- How Cuthbert, the Child of God, Was Warned by a Child of His Future Bishopric
- How He Became Lame with a Swelling in His Knee, and Was Cured by an Angel
- How He Changed the Winds by Prayer, and Brought the Scattered Ships Safe to Land
- How, in Company with Shepherds, He Saw the Soul of Bishop Aidan Carried to Heaven by…
- 5. How, on His Way, He Was Supplied with Food by God
- How, as He Was Coming to a Monastery, Boisil, a Holy Man, Bore Testimony to Him, by…
- How He Entertained an Angel, and Whilst Ministering to Him Earthly Bread, Was Thought…
- How Cuthbert Was Recovered from Sickness, and Boisil on His Death-bed Foretold to Him His…
- 9. How Cuthbert Was Zealous in the Ministry of the Word
- How Cuthbert Passed the Night in the Sea, Praying; and When He Was Come Out, Two Animals…
- How, When the Sailors Were Prevented from Sailing by Bad Weather, He Predicted that It…
- How He Foretold that, on a Journey, an Eagle Would Bring Him Food, and How This Took…
- How He Foresaw a Vision of a Fire Coming from the Devil Whilst He Was Preaching, and How…
- How, When a House Was Really Set on Fire, He Put Out the Flames by Prayer
- How He Cast Out a Devil from the Præfect’s Wife, Even Before His Arrival
- 16. How He Lived and Taught in the Monastery of Lindisfarne
- Of the Habitation Which He Made for Himself in the Island of Fame, When He Had Expelled…
- How by His Prayers He Drew Water from the Dry Ground, and How He Got on During His…
- How He Sowed a Field with Barley, and Kept Off the Birds from the Crop by His Mere Word
- How the Crows Apologized to the Man of God for the Injury Which They Did Him, and Made…
- 21. How Even the Sea Was Subservient to His Wants
- How He Gave Salutary Admonitions to Many Who Came to Him, and Exposed the Impotent Snares…
- How Ælfled the Abbess and One of Her Nuns Were Cured of an Infirmity by Means of His…
- Of His Prophecy in Answer to the Same Ælfled, Concerning the Life of King Ecgfrid and His…
- How, When Elected to the Bishopric, He Cured a Servant of One of the King’s Attendants by…
- 26. Of His Manner of Life in His Bishopric
- How, Though at a Distance, He Saw in Spirit the Death of King Ecgfrid, and the End of His…
- How He Foretold His Own Death to Herebert, the Hermit, and by Prayers to God Obtained His…
- How, Through His Priest, He Cured the Wife of an Earl with Holy Water
- How He Cured a Girl of a Pain in the Head and Side, by Anointing Her with Oil
- 31. How He Cured an Infirm Man by Consecrated Bread
- How, by Prayer, He Restored to Life a Young Man Whom He Found at the Point of Death on a…
- How, at a Time of Sickness, He Restored a Dying Boy in Health to His Mother
- How He Saw the Soul of a Man, Who Had Been Killed by Falling from a Tree, Ascend to Heaven
- How He Changed Water by Tasting It, So that It Had the Flavour of Wine
- How Some of the Brethren, for Disobedience to Him, Were Detained by a Storm at Sea
- Of the Temptations Which He Underwent in His Sickness, and His Orders Concerning His…
- How, During His Illness, He Cured One of His Attendants of a Diarrhoea
- Of His Last Instructions to the Brethren; and How, When He Had Received the Viaticum, He…
- How, According to the Previous Warning of the Psalm Which They Sung at His Death, the…
- How a Boy, Who Was Possessed by a Devil, Was Cured by Some Water, Mixed with Dirt, from…
- 42. How His Body After Nine Years Was Found Undecayed
- How the Body of Bishop Eadbert Was Laid in the Grave of the Man of God, and the Coffin of…
- 44. How a Sick Man Was Cured at His Tomb by Prayer
- 45. How a Paralytic Was Healed by Means of His Shoes
- How the Hermit Felgeld Was Cured of a Swelling in the Face by Dwelling Under the Shadow…