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“ In the primitive church, it was customary for the Holy Eucharist to be celebrated on the anniversary of the death of a martyr - if possible, on his tomb. ”

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I went to Iceland in 1861 and went over nearly every bit of the ground made famous by the adventures of Grettir.

~ Sabine Baring-Gould

History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.

~ Sabine Baring-Gould

At the Norman Invasion, the Saxon thanes were themselves humbled in turn; the manors were given a more legal character and transferred to favourites of William the Conqueror.

~ Sabine Baring-Gould