Federer, Charles A, Gent, Thomas, 1693-1778, Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 · London : E.Stock · leaf 280
he worshipping offountains, and the canons of Anselm (1102) lay it down as arule, that no one is to attribute reverence or sanctity to a foun-tain without the bishops authority. Canons, however powerful tofoster superstition, were powerless to control it; ignorance [ 277 ] invested springs with… … St. Winifreds Well, Flintshire. at whose shrine Giraldus Cambrensis offered his devotions inthe twelfth century, when he says she seemed still to retain hermiraculous powers. The spring rises from a bed of shingle at the foot of a steephill, the water rushing out with great impetuosity, and flowing…
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