Historical Setting: Jarrow, 793 C.E. Librarian Wilbert and probably others too, found the night’s noise from the special “guests” annoying. “This is a sacred season. It is the Christ’s birth, and there those fellows are bearing down on us with all that Pagan noise. They might as well be Vikings for all the disruption.”Continue reading “#75.9 Thursday, December 18, 2025”
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#49.1, Tues., Oct. 3, 2023
Historical Setting: 610 C.E., Vosges Mountains Seven years since last I wrote. Bishop Felix returned from his recent journey to Rome with the news that Pope Gregory is dead and much is left unfinished. The hopes Columbanus had in finding an ally in the pope went array because the pope didn’t even receive hisContinue reading “#49.1, Tues., Oct. 3, 2023”