The lives of the saints With introd and additional lives of English martyrs, Cornish, Scottish, and Welsh saints, and a full index to the entire work . ikely brought by him from Rome or Lyons,and preserved in the minster till the Reformation as theTextus Sandi Wilfridi. The crypt, commonly called S. Wil-frids needle, which still exists, probably belonged to thischurch, and its curious little niches may possibly be reminis-cences of the columbaria in the catacombs. The dedication,characteristically in honour of S. Peter, was celebrated on asumptuous scale of magnificent ritual and hospitality,
The lives of the saints With introd and additional lives of English martyrs, Cornish, Scottish, and Welsh saints, and a full index to the entire work . ikely brought by him from Rome or Lyons,and preserved in the minster till the Reformation as theTextus Sandi Wilfridi. The crypt, commonly called S. Wil-frids needle, which still exists, probably belonged to thischurch, and its curious little niches may possibly be reminis-cences of the columbaria in the catacombs. The dedication,characteristically in honour of S. Peter, was celebrated on asumptuous scale of magnificent ritual and hospitality, with afitting oration, amid a great concourse of kings, abbots,nobles, and persons of all ranks, the walls resounding withthe Gregorian chants, then the last new music from Hexham he built, on land given by S. Etheldreda, achurch dedicated to S. Andrew, on a corresponding scale ofgrandeur, doubtless in memory of S. Andrews in Rome (seep. 297), and where a crypt still remains, similar to that atRipon, these two being the only known examples of the samekind in England, and both, perhaps, imitations of sepulchralchambers in Rome. >i« ^. S. WILFRID LANDING. Oct., Part I. p. 304.] [Oct. 12. Oct. 12.] ^. Wilfrid. 305 He is said to have wrought miracles at this period of hislife. On one occasion, as he was riding about in the exer-cise of his episcopal office, a woman brought her dead childto him to be raised to life and baptized, which, through herfaith and the prayers and touch of the saint, at once came topass. The child afterwards lived and died in Gods serviceat Ripon, and was called the bishops son. Then at Hexhama youth engaged in building fell from a great height, and wastaken up with broken arms and legs, and at the point ofdeath. At the prayers of the saint and the brethren—themedici having bound up the broken bones—he recoveredfrom day to day, and long lived to praise God. But Wilfridwas never tested by too long a course of worldly prosperityand success. Fr
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