Picture No | 10032293 |
Date | medieval |
Description | HOLY HEAD OF HALIFAX |
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THE HOLY HEAD OF HALIFAX (Yorkshire) Hermit Aeldred, crazed by asceticism, kills a girl in mistake for the Devil, her severed head takes root in a tree: he flees and dies.
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Source | cigarette card Legends of Britain |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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