Eadmer

Anselm's associate and biographer Eadmer gives a remarkably telling deathbed scene.

April 21st, 2009 m_francis 2009

Such and so licentious were the times, as announced by the public declaration of the assembled clergy, recorded by Eadmer; and we need add nothing more to vindicate the probability of the scenes which we have detailed, and are about to detail, upon the more apocryphal authority of the Wardour MS.

Ivanhoe 2004

There were four of them about the trestle table on which Aldwin's body had been laid out decently for burial: Girard, Father Elias, Cadfael, and young Eadmer.

The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989

Father Eadmer had been many years in office here, and worked lovingly upon his garden.

The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989

Eadmer, bent on preserving the sacredness of what had passed between them, had banished even the mention of their meeting until he should know that this dead man was indeed his penitent.

The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989

Eadmer was certainly innocent of having set out to arouse any such reservations.

The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989

It was clear to Cadfael, when young Eadmer came striding out with a wooden tray of beakers and the pitcher, and served them with easy and willing grace, that the new priest was likely to catch any observant eye, for he was tall, well made, and good-looking, and blessedly unselfconscious about his assets.

The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989

Eadmer did not move or utter a sound as the sheet was drawn down to uncover a face now somewhat eased, Cadfael thought, of its living discouragement and suspicion.

The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989

'Father Eadmer is a good man and a kind,' said Donata with a thin, wry smile, 'and no doubt my soul has benefited from his prayers.

The Potter's Field Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1989

At the foot Eadmer stood, the fledgling priest fronting the old man worn but durable, after years of gain and loss in his strivings to medicine the human condition.

The Heretic's Apprentice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1989