Gasquet, Francis Aidan, 1846-1929 · New York, Dodd, Mead and Company · leaf 115
ce in Rome, and in the spirit of penanceso common in those far-off days, on one of his journeys,he is said to have locked fetters on his legs and to havethrown the key into the Worcestershire Avon. This may,of course, have been the case, but the story certainly teststhe credulity of modern days… … EVESHAM with King Kenred and King Offa, who had alreadyproved themselves great benefactors to Evesham. Thiswas in 708, and it will be remembered that the two mon-archs whilst in Rome renounced their crowns and tookthe monastic habit in the Eternal City. St. Egwin on hisreturn, following their…
Abbeys -- England · England -- Description and travel
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