Event: Imprisonment, Intercession/mediation, Miracle, PrayingSwithhun 5.post-mortem miraculous release of Anonymous 569

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Description Anonymous 569 had been apprehended for theft and was locked in a dark prison and had his feet inserted in a hollow log. Anonymous 569 remembered that he had heard of the miracles performed by Swithhun 5 across the sea in England and, during the dead of the night, he begged Swithhun 5 to help him avoid execution. After he had spoken, his chains were immediately broken and the prison door was opened for him. Anonymous 569 departed and rejoiced that, through the intercession of Swithhun 5, he had escaped the death-penalty.
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*As Lapidge notes (p. 537), this event is based on chapter 34 of Lantfred's 'Translatio et miracula S. Swithuni'.

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