Cuthbert of Farne, A novel of Northumbria’s warrior saint, by Katharine Tiernan Church Altar Candles ISBN: 9780852448908

ISBN: 9780852448908

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While the numbers of professed monks and nuns is small and falling

Cuthbert of Farne, A novel of Northumbria’s warrior saint, by Katharine Tiernan Church Altar Candles ISBN: 9780852448908A young Anglo Saxon warrior lays down his sword to follow a vocation that means leaving behind wealth and position and women. Cuthbert, the seventh century Northumbrian bishop and saint, has become the subject of many a legend. Here we see Cuthbert through the eyes of those closest to him: Princess Aelflaed, his daughter in God, and Eata, his Abbot. This is a time of war between the peoples of the North, and with powerful Bishop Wilfrid seeking to