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Miracle data
Source name:	BL Mariale 1
Short title:	Abbot Leofric of Chertsey
Poncelet Number:	1455 - Quidam monachus fuit Westmonasterio, Leuricus nomine, qui
Reference numbers:	book3 no.15
Foliation in source:	f. 142
Incipit:	Quidam monachus fuit Westmonasterio, Leuricus nomine, qui
Notes:	There is no record of any Abbot Leofric of Chertsey (II, 617).
Summary:	Story told to the author by Aedric, Prior of Chertsey, how Lefricus, a monk of Westminster, was made Abbot of Chertsey; how, at the desire of the Chertsey monks, he was removed by the king to Holm; how he returned to Chertsey, and was soon afterwards attacked by a fatal illness; and how the grace of the Virgin restored him sufficiently to receive the sacrament before he died (II, 617).