medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear all,
In HE III.xi, Bede relates the story of a column of light seen over Oswald's
relics, plainly visible almost everywhere in that part of the world (`Nam
tota ea nocte columna lucis a carro illo ad caelum usque porrecta, omnibus
pene eiusdem Lindissae provinciae locis conspicua stabat').
I know of Adomnán's similar reference to lights seen above the grave of
Colum Cille, but is the idea of a _column_ of light above a saint's grave or
relics widespread?
Regards,
Paul
M.P. Bryant-Quinn
Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd
Aberystwyth
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