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2 unusual facts about Thomas of Monmouth


Thomas of Monmouth

He contended that he had received visions from the founding Bishop of Norwich, Herbert de Losinga, who had died in 1119.

William de Turbeville

He persuaded Thomas of Monmouth, a monk of Norwich priory, to write "The Life and Miracles of St. William of Norwich" about 1173, the only extant authority for the legend of William, which is now commonly discredited.



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