herfastus

Updated: May 9, 2025

Bishop Herfastus, too, was struck blind, when on a visit to the abbot, in the attempt to establish his new see in the monastical demesne, and afterward miraculously healed. For centuries the highest in the land brought gifts and laid them before the venerated shrine.

Various - Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 1 : Great Britain and Ireland, part 1