Dutchman-Rebbonk
Seventy years plus a fortnight from today, ( april1952 ) I was in Vatican City trying to confirm if Leofric was as good as the book I had, made him out. A very wealthy Landlord, a scholar, diplomat, and much more. One of the top four men in England, the Vatican was trying to see if Leofric could convert the Pagan king of England "Canute" to Christianity.
Canute, a Viking had destroyed Coventry's Priory, and Leofric was urged by the Vatican to rebuild the priory, and establish Christianity.
Now I, brought up in strict religious life, had just spent two years in the Holy Land seeing everything there was to see, and everything pointed to Rome. So here I was.
Having no ties or responsibility free as a bird. At Ventimiigilia France /Italy I bought a train ticket for £5 and a few pence, that lasted 3months on a on-off basis, any station any where on Italian railways, and armed with a certificate signed by the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, that opened many doors, I set forth.