Krisztina Ilko (@drkrisztinailko.bsky.social)

Wild medieval saints! 🔥🔥🔥 Dragons and miraculously sprouting cherry twigs. An evil walnut tree growing above the tomb of Nero. For these and much more in my book, 'The Sons of St Augustine' (OUP), I am delighted to share the wonderful media release that Cambridge published this morning:

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Dragon-slaying saints performed green-fingered medieval miracles, new study reveals Pope Leo XIV's Augustinian order once performed green-fingered, dragon-slaying miracles. Dr Krisztina Ilko rediscovers their lives and wild power base https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/wild-medieval-saints

2 months ago