Event: Eating, Miracle, Wildlife-interactionOswald 8.miracle of bread and mouse
Scholarly Info
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Oswald 8 gave a crust of bread to everyone and put down a piece of bread next to where he was sitting. Meanwhile, an unfortunate mouse came forward. It nibbled at the crumbs of consecrated bread and died. |
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Notes:
*It was an ancient English custom that all the people went up to the bishop or priest and, with their hands extended in the shape of a cross, receive the consecrated bread, and then sit down in order to consume it.
*At that time, York was filled and enriched by the treasures of merchants, who come there from everywhere, and most of all from the people fo Denmark.
Persons associated with this Event:
- Recipient:
Oswald 8
(Bishop of Worcester, 961-992; archbishop of York, 971-992; saint)
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