compiler of the Bishop’s “Life and Gests,” Gilbert Earl of Gloucester approached and touched the casket which contained them, whereupon they “bled afresh.” The Earl was struck with compunction, and made full restitution to the Church of all the lands which Bishop Cantilupe had rightly claimed from him. Swinfield, who had been the constant companion of Cantilupe, and many of the contemporary chroniclers, bear witness to the purity and excellence of the Bishop’s life, and his tomb soon became distinguished by miracles. The first of these, according to the annalist of Worcester, occurred in April, 1287; at the time, apparently, of the removal of his remains from the tomb in the Lady-chapel to the shrine which had been provided for them in the north transept. The number of marvels increased daily; for, “superstition,” in Fuller’s words, “is always fondest of the youngest saint;” and in 1289, Bishop Swinfield, who had brought Cantilupe’s bones from Italy, wrote to the Pope requesting his canonization. Many difficulties, however, were interposed; and in spite of numerous letters from Edward I. and his son Edward II., it was not until May, 1320, that the bull of canonization was issued by Pope John XXII.[50] It is possible that the excommunication of Cantilupe, and his connection with the Knights Templars, of which Order he was Provincial Grand Master in England, were among the causes of the delay. The Templars were arrested throughout England in 1307; condemned in 1310; and in 1312 the Order was finally dissolved in the Council of Vienne. A book entitled “The Life and Gests of Saint Thomas Cantilupe,” said to be compiled from evidences at Rome, collected before his canonization, was published at Ghent in 1674. “No fewer than four hundred and twenty-five miracles,” says Fuller, “are registered, reported to be wrought at his tomb.... Yea, it is recorded in his legend, that by his prayers were raised from death to life three-score several persons, one-and-twenty lepers healed, and three-and-twenty blind and dumb men to have received their sight and speech[51].” The arms of Cantilupe--Gules, three leopards’ heads jessant, with a fleur-de-lis issuing from the mouth, or--have since his canonization been assumed as those of the see of Hereford.