{
  "bookName": "History of Christianity in India: Source Materials",
  "authorName": "M. K. Kuriakose",
  "publisherName": "Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge",
  "publicationYear": 2011,
  "chapterNumber": 16,
  "chapterName": "883. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle with Reference to the Tradition of St. Thomas and St. Bartholomew’s Apostolate in India",
  "pageFrom": 13,
  "pageTo": 13,
  "pages": [
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      "pageNumber": 13,
      "ocrText": "SOURCE MATERIALS\n13\n16. THE ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE WITH REFERENCE\nTO THE TRADITION OF ST. THOMAS AND ST. BARTHO-\nLOMEW'S APOSTOLATE IN INDIA (883 A.D.)\nJames Ingram (trans.), The Anglo-Saxon Chrorincle, p. 68.\nThis year went the army up the Scheldt to Conde, and there\nsat a year. And Pope Marinus sent King Alfred the Lignum domni.\nThe same year led Sighelm and Athelstan to Rome the alms which\nKing Alfred ordered thither, and also in India to St. Thomas and\nto St. Bartholomew. Then they sat against the army at London;\nand there, with favour of God, they were very successful after the\nperformances of their vows.\n17. WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY ON THE ST. THOMAS\nTRADITION (1114-1123 Α.D.)\nChronicle of the Kings of England, p. 118, cited in C. P. Mathew\nand M. M. Thomas, The Indian Churches of St. Thomas, p. 9.\nEver intent on almsgiving, he confirmed the privileges of the\nchurches as appointed by his father and sent many presents overseas\nto Rome and St. Thomas in India. Sighelm, Bishop of Sherborne\nsent an ambassador for this purpose, who penetrated successfully\ninto India Returning thence, he brought back many brilliant\nexotic gems and aromatic juices in which that country abounds.\n18. ST. THOMAS' APPARITIONS ON HIS FEAST\n(c. 1122 A.D.)\nThis writing, reflecting upon the legendary materials of The Acts\nof Thomas, is first mentioned in an account of a visit to Rome by the\nPatriarch of the Indies c. 1122 A.D. The complete account can\nbe seen in H. Hosten, Antiquites from San Thome and Myalpore, pp.\n286-288.\nHoly Thomas, prince of the world, grant, I beseech thee, that\nI may not be confounded because of the weight of my offences:\ngrant that I may ever extol worthily thy dignity and piously invoke\nthy name.\nAt the nuptial feast, O heavenly muser, thou eatest and drinkest\nnaught; but, looking always up to heaven, thou afflictest thy body\nand blessest chastity.",
      "status": "completed"
    }
  ]
}