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The Venerable Bede tells a story of Pope Gregory I in the Roman slave market, seeing some fair-haired and light-skinned slaves from Britain ...

Alfred the Great (849 - 899) was not an idle king, even when not battling Danish invasions to protect the shores of Great Britain. Some of h...

St. Mellitus, converter of Anglo-Saxons We have the story, handed down from Bede, that Pope Gregory I sent a mission to England in 597 t...

You can get your own copy here The Leiden University Library in the Netherlands, founded in 1575, was an important part of the Enlighten...

Benedict holding his Rule; you can see the raven that saved him from poisoned bread. In the discussion of time I mentioned Benedict of ...