Two Mediaeval Lives of Saint Winefride (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781610974929)

St. Winefride, beheaded by a lustful suitor, was brought back to life by the power of prayer. On the site where her blood was spilled, a spring of healing water erupted and became the focus of a miracle-working cult which gained influence throughout the Middle Ages and the early modern period. Two Medi val Lives of Saint Winefride brings together two twelfth-century accounts of her life, miracles and relics, with a study of British well-cults and her significance in medi val and early modern Britain. Fr. Hugh Feiss is a Benedictine monk, scholar and gifted Latin translator. His latest book, Essential Monastic Wisdom, was chosen as one of the top ten Catholic books by the organization, Church 2000. He is a member of the Monastery of the Ascension, Jerome, Idaho.

Author: Ronald Pepin, Catherine Hamaker
ISBN-10: 1610974921
ISBN-13: 9781610974929
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Language: English
Published: 07/18/2011
Pages: 126
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.30d