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The Staff in the Stone: Finding Arthur's Sword in the Vita Sancti Edwardi of Aelred of Rievaulx

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The source for the story of Arthur's drawing the sword that would make him king seems likely to be a miracle involving Bishop Wulfstan of Worcester, his episcopal staff, and a saintly king's tomb, found in Aelred of Rievaulx's Vita Sancti Edwardi, Regis et Confessoris .
Title: The Staff in the Stone: Finding Arthur's Sword in the Vita Sancti Edwardi of Aelred of Rievaulx
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The source for the story of Arthur's drawing the sword that would make him king seems likely to be a miracle involving Bishop Wulfstan of Worcester, his episcopal staff, and a saintly king's tomb, found in Aelred of Rievaulx's Vita Sancti Edwardi, Regis et Confessoris .

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