Event: Culting/venerating saint(s), Grant and Gift, RaidingÆthelstan 18.venerating relics

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Description In 934 king Æthelstan 18, going towards Scotland with a great army, came to the tomb of St Cuthbert 1, commended himself and his expedition to his protection, and conferred on him many and diverse gifts befitting a king, as well as estates... He then subdued his enemies, laid waste Scotland as far as Dunnottar and Wertemorum with a land force, and ravaged with a naval force as far as Caithness.
Year 934
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