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Life of St Wilfrid
Eddius Stephanus, tr. Colgrave, 1927
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- Preface
- End of the Preface of Stephen the Priest: Of the Birth of Saint Wilfrid the Bishop and of…
- 2. End of the First Miracle: How He Chose God in His Boyhood
- How He Longed to See the Abode of St Peter the Chief of the Apostles
- 4. How Bishop Dalfinus Received Saint Wilfrid Kindly
- 5. How He Prosperously Reached the See of St Peter the Apostle
- How He Received from Bishop Dalfinus the Apostle Peter’s Form of Tonsure, and How the…
- 7. How He Was Welcomed by King Alhfrith
- 8. How Alhfrith Gave Him the Monastery at Ripon
- 9. How He Was Ordained Priest by Bishop Agilberht
- Of the Strife of St Wilfrid the Priest with Bishop Colman About the Keeping of Easter
- 11. How Wilfrid Was Elected to the Bishopric
- 12. How He Was Consecrated in Gaul
- How the Lord Rescued Our Bishop and His Companions from the Sea and from the Hands of the…
- 14. How Chad Had Meanwhile Been Consecrated to Wilfrid’s See
- 15. How He Was Restored to His See
- 16. How the Church at York Was Restored
- Concerning the Building of the Church at Ripon and Its Dedication
- 18. How He Restored a Child to Life
- 19. Of the King’s Victory Over the Warlike Picts
- 20. Of His Victory Over the King of the Mercians
- 21. Concerning the Goodness of Our Bishop
- 22. Concerning the Building of the House of God at Hexham
- 23. Of the Boy Who Was Healed When at the Point of Death
- How Hatred Was Aroused Against Our Bishop and How He Was Driven from His See
- 25. How Bishop Winfrid Was Robbed
- 26. How He Came to Friesland in His Voyage
- How the King Refused the Price When a Price Was Set Upon Him
- 28. How Dagobert and Perctarit, Two Kings, Received Him
- How the Most Blessed Agatho, Pope of the Apostolic See, Together with the Holy Synod,…
- 30. This is the Petition of Bishop Wilfrid
- 31. Of Pope Agatho’s Answer
- 32. Of the Synod’s Answer
- 33. Of Our Bishop’s Return
- 34. How the King Despised the Judgments of the Apostolic See
- 35. How [Wilfrid] Encouraged His Comrades
- 36. Of the House Illuminated by God
- 37. How a Woman Was Healed
- 38. How the Chains Fell Off Him
- 39. How the Queen Was Scourged and Healed
- 40. How Berhtwald Received the Holy Bishop
- 41. How He Converted to God the Pagans in Selsey
- 42. How Ceadwalla Became King
- How Peace Was Made Between Our Bishop and Archbishop Theodore
- 44. How King Aldfrith Received Our Bishop
- 45. Of the Enmity Which Was Stirred Up Between Them
- 46. Of the Atswinapathe Council
- 47. How Their Snares Were Revealed to Him
- 48. How He Returned to King Aethilred
- 49. Of Our Excommunication
- 50. Concerning His Voyage on the Way to Rome
- 51. Of the Document Containing His Petition
- How Pope John Said that the Writings of His Predecessors Were to Be Re-examined
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- “‘To the most excellent lords, Aethilred, King of the Mercians, and Aldfrith, King of …
- How He Was Ordered to Return Home and Took Holy Relics with Him
- 56. How Our Patron Was Sick and How Michael Appeared to Him
- 57. How He Returned Across the Sea
- 58. How King Aldfrith Perished for Despising Him
- Thereupon the messengers left him, bearing this unhappy message, and saw his face no …
- 60. [706]
- “God is wondrous in His holy places,” who, out of love for the whole Church, crowned the …
- 62. [708?]
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- 64. [709]
- 65. [709]
- So our Lord proved to men by virtue of miracles that the holy bishop (a great man and a …
- On another occasion also the Lord manifested to men His saint, our wondrous and …
- 68. Of the Sign of the Arc