Celidoine (son of Nasciens)

Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail)

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 406 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 406)

  "For Celidoines means the same thing and signifies in Latin as "given to heaven" — and he was indeed well given to heaven;"

• attribution: Celidoine is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 406 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 406)

  "for all his life he had his heart and his mind set on celestial works, and he knew as much of astronomy as any man could know with good intent and righteous purpose."

• attestation: Celidoine is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 406 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 406)

  "was called in baptism Celidoines, and this name was most fitting for him according to the life he led thereafter."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 406 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 406)

  "And at his birth there occurred in the city of Orbérique a very great marvel that was not customary to see."

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 406 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 406)

  "For he was born on a summer's day, very fair, at midday, and it was the second day of the kalends of June."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 406 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 406)

  "And when he was born at the hour you have heard, it happened at once that the sun, which should have been at its greatest brightness and greatest heat at such an hour, appeared just as plainly as it did in the morning when it rises, and the moon was seen just as clearly as if it were night, and the stars likewise."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 406 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 406)

  "And this was a sure sign that he would be curious and a seeker of all celestial wonders."

• attestation: Military action involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 496 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 496)

  "And so the tale leaves off here telling of him and returns to Ghélidoyne his son, to tell this part of the story onward that belongs to this place."

• attestation: Military action involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 496 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 496)

  "truly believed he was still fighting the serpent."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 496 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 496)

  "And when he had awakened and he remembered that he had fallen asleep while the worthy man of the boat was telling him the tale, then he was so grieved that he said to himself that truly he was a wretched man and poor in sense, for if he had had good in him, sleep would never have taken from him what the worthy man had begun to tell him."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 496 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 496)

  "and when he was set down there in such a manner, he was a young child of only ten years of age, and when he saw himself in so strange a place, enclosed by a wild forest on one side and on the other side by high and marvelous rocks that he would not have dared to look upon unless he were"

• attestation: Military action involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 498 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 498)

  "" While they were speaking thus, Célidoines came out of the rock where he was and came toward those who were at the shore and thought that they were Christians just as he was;"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 498 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 498)

  "to land, an old mariner who well knew the various countries and the foreign lands better than all the others did, said to them, all in tears: "Lords!"

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 498 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 498)

  "if we have escaped the peril of death, we have landed so grievously that here, where misfortune has brought us, nothing lives but lions and serpents and wild beasts, which will soon have devoured us as soon as they see us."

• attestation: Military action involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 498 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 498)

  "" "Good master," said one of the others to whom he had said this, "about this we need worry very little, for you see well that here are such knights who would defend a great army against all the wild beasts of this land;"

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 498 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 498)

  "and for this reason we shall have no fear, for if we are attacked by strange wild beasts, we shall defend ourselves well, in my estimation."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (brother) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 498 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 498)

  "Rather they were pagans and born of the kingdom of Pierse and were going with an army into the land of Sire against King Fanouye, who the brother of the King of"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500 (segment 5) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500)

  "law and the evil belief and have the will to suffer pain and wretchedness in this world. Because you are such a fair child and may yet come to great honor, if wickedness does not take it from you, I"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500)

  "his relatives had recently received the new law and all the Christian land, "of which I myself, lord," he said, "am a Christian and have received baptism from the very hand of Josèphe, the sovereign bishop of Christians, he whom our lord Jhésu-Cris consecrated with his blessed hand."

• attestation: Military action involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500)

  ""

When Labiaus heard this news, he was as grieved as could be, for King Évalac he knew well and he ought rightly to know him well, as the one who had made him a knight by his own hand."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500)

  "And he said to Célidoine: "Child, I have known your father a long time, and therefore it grieves me greatly at this news, and no matter that they have turned to the evil law and the evil belief and have the will to suffer pain and wretchedness in this world."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500)

  "Because you are such a fair child and may yet come to great honor, if wickedness does not take it from you, I shall keep you with me and I shall instruct you, because you are related to me in some way, so that I shall yet remove you entirely from that faith into which you have entered."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500)

  "And now tell me what adventures brought you to this rock, so wild a place which is so strange and so far removed from all people that no one dwells here except the wretches whom fortune allows to escape the perils of the sea."

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500 (segment 3) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500)

  "for King Évalac he knew well and he ought rightly to know him well, as the one who had made him a knight by his own hand. And he said to Célidoine: "Child, I have known your father a long"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500 (segment 6) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 500)

  "honor, if wickedness does not take it from you, I shall keep you with me and I shall instruct you, because you are related to me in some way, so that I shall yet remove you entirely from that faith"

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501)

  "you will never find such fine liars as they are, and they always wish to dress up and affirm their lies as though they were pure truth."

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501)

  "committed such great cruelty that I, who was a child, without malice and without guile, would have died from the fall from the tower;"

• attestation: A journey or movement by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501)

  "but Jhésu-Cris, who does not let his servants fall, but comes to their aid when they have need of it, he came to rescue me and carried me from there to here, to this rock;"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501)

  "I do not know if I am far or near our country;"

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501)

  "but, by his mercy, thus he saved me."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501)

  "" When King Labiaus heard this speech, he smiled with ill will and said to those who were with him: "By my faith, it is a marvel how this child can already lie."

• attestation: Military action involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501)

  "" "Sire," said a knight who was before him, "such is the custom of Christians;"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501)

  "" "Now trouble yourselves not," said the king, "for this one we shall easily turn back from the folly into which he has entered."

• attestation: Military action involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501)

  "" That night King Labiax lay, he and his knights, in the pavilion that he had had pitched on the shore of the sea."

• attestation: Military action involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501)

  "The other part slept in the ships and the rest were armed with lances and swords and hauberks to guard the king all through the night, so that if it should happen that wild beasts came out of the wood and the forest, they could do no harm to the king nor to those who slept in the pavilions."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501)

  "And the king had Célydone honored and served with everything he could, and had him lie down that night near him as richly as if he had begotten him himself."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501)

  "And when the child had fallen asleep, the king did not lie down at once;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501)

  "rather he asked his men what he might do with this child."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (daughter) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 501)

  ""For I intend," he said, "to have him renounce Christianity and return to our law and to give him my daughter as wife."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503)

  "" And he said that he would say no more about it, since he could get nothing else from them."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503)

  "man, those who had kept watch during the night said that at daybreak they had captured a lion, and they would hold it and perhaps have it brought to him in the land where he intended to go."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503)

  "Then the king had Célydoine awakened, for he was still sleeping, having spent much of the night lying awake thinking of his father."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503)

  "And when he had dressed and made himself ready, the king had him come before him and seated him at his feet, then the king commanded all the wisest men of his company to come."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503)

  "And when they were assembled in his presence, he said to them: "Lords, tonight as I slept a most wondrous vision came to me, such that I shall never be at ease until I know the truth of it, and what it may portend;"

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503)

  "and for this reason I have summoned you before me, for I wish you to tell me what you think may come of it."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503)

  "When the child who sat at the king's feet heard the dream"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503)

  "" Then he described his dream to them just as he had seen it in his sleep;"

• attestation: Military action involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503)

  "and afterward, he asked them to explain what it might portend;"

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503)

  ""and for this reason I have summoned you before me."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503)

  "" And they began to think, and when they had thought for a long while, they answered that they could not know any certain thing about it."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503)

  ""In faith," said the king, "this grieves me, for I know well that such a vision was never without great meaning."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 503)

  ""

"In faith," they said, "we will tell you no more, for we do not wish to make you believe something that we do not truly know."

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508)

  ""Yes indeed," said Célydoines, "so soon that within four days from today you shall have passed from this world; but now see what counsel you will take and what you will decide for yourself, and I shall tell you sure"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508)

  ""Yes indeed," said Célydoines, "so soon that within four days from today you shall have passed from this world;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508)

  "but now see what counsel you will take and what you will decide for yourself, and I shall tell you sure signs by which you will believe me better."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (sister) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508)

  "" Then he drew him aside, some distance from his barons, and said to him: "King, the high master sends you this word: that you should have yourself made Christian and that you should receive the new law, and here are the proofs: that you killed, on the first day of May, your sister because she would not suffer you to lie with her;"

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508)

  "and when you saw that she would not do your will, you cut off her head and cast her body into the sea and the head after it."

• attestation: A death event (murder) involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508)

  "This murder you committed without doubt, so secretly that no one knows of it except He who sees all and from whom nothing can be hidden, and thus He has made it known to me and has revealed it to me, by His mercy."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508)

  "" When the king heard this news, he replied: "Child, you have told me wondrous things."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (sister) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508)

  "You are not an earthly man, or you are wiser than any mortal man could be, for of my dream I know of no one who could have explained it to me as clearly as you have done, nor did I think any man knew what I did to my sister."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508)

  "" Then he commanded his household to make his bed, for he would lie down, as he was feeling somewhat unwell, and they did so."

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 508)

  "will decide for yourself, and I shall tell you sure signs by which you will believe me better." Then he drew him aside, some distance from his barons, and said to him: "King, the high master sends you this word:"

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814)

  "" Then they went to the child, who was sleeping in the pavilion, as one sometimes sleeps on the long summer days, around the hour"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814)

  "was so terrified that he woke with a start, and there where he lay awake, so that the fear would not be cast upon him, he cried out in a loud voice and said: "I am dead," and he said"

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814)

  "It so happened that those who had captured him while he was sleeping wanted to throw him in with the others, of whom there was a very great number."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814)

  "He was so terrified that he woke with a start, and there where he lay awake, so that the fear would not be cast upon him, he cried out in a loud voice and said: "I am dead," and he said it so loudly that all his barons who were in the pavilion heard it clearly;"

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814)

  "and they were afraid for him when they heard it."

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814)

  "They rushed into the pavilion and found him in his bed in such great grief as you will never hear greater, at which they were greatly astonished, for they had always known him to be more cheerful and more joyful than any other man."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814)

  "And the one among them who was closest to him came to him and said: "Sire, what ails you?"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814)

  "" He realized then that it had been a dream that had so terrified him, and he answered those he saw around him."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814)

  ""I have seen," he said, "the greatest marvels that any mortal king has ever seen, but in my estimation, I shall not be greatly at ease until I know the pure truth of it;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 814)

  "so now bring me Célydoine, who told me the meaning of my other dream, and if he makes me as certain of this one as of the other, he shall never command me anything that I will not do."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 15 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 15)

  "" said Célydoines, "the more good and teaching I tell you — not through my own knowledge, but because the high master has revealed it to me through his kindness — if you do not put into practice the words he sends you through his humble person, the more shamed and confounded you shall be."

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 15 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 15)

  "that gentle lord, that merciful one whom they call Jhésu-Crist, who has revealed so many of his secrets to me, by his mercy, that I know quite openly what you have seen in your sleep — he sends you word, through me, that if you wish to enter into the high"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 15 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 15)

  "They woke him and told him to come quickly to the king, for he summoned him."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 15 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 15)

  "And the child rose at once and came before the king, who was still in great grief;"

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 15 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 15)

  "but as soon as he saw the child, he was far more comforted than before."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 15 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 15)

  "He seated him before him and said: "Wise and far-seeing master, counsel me on what I shall tell you, counsel this wretched king, this poor person, and make me certain of what I shall ask you."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 15 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 15)

  "That same prophet and that fair lord whom you once saw led to his death so vilely through the city of Jhérusalem — at that hour when you saw him led, long ago it was — you yourself said that he had not deserved death, and Pylates, who was your kinsman, said so too;"

• attribution: Celidoine is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  "You shall remain as servants of the enemy, and as people full of poor sense and furnished with ill knowledge."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  "" Then the king asked those who were around him: "Lords, what do you think of what he has told me?"

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  "Are you resolved to do as I shall do?"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  "" And they said that they would not concern themselves with it at all, nor would they depart from their law or from the faith that their fathers held."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  ""Lords," said Célydoines, "then let it be;"

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  "for if you did it by force, it would not avail you greatly."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  "Know that I shall never eat again, nor shall I be at ease, until the hour when I am baptized."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  "And the king shall depart as a son and heir of Jhésu-Crist."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  "So I can truly tell you that our Lord, through his great mercy, has removed the lamb from the wolves among whom it was, without their having strangled it."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  "" And they asked him at once who the wolves were."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  ""You are the wolves," said the king, "and I am the lamb."

• attribution: The title King is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  "" Then Célydoines had King Labyel undressed and all his garments removed, and had him clothed in poor and wretched robes, and told him that he did not want him to come before the holy man in pride, but in a sign of humility and patience;"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  "and the king did everything just as he commanded him."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  "Then they departed from the pavilions and went into the forest, and they wandered together until night fell upon them in a great valley."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 526)

  "And yet they traveled so far before nightfall that they came, by chance or because our Lord was guiding them,"

• attribution: Celidoine is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27)

  "straight to the hermitage where the holy man was lodged, and had been for a long time past."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27)

  "They called at the door, and he, who was not sleeping, opened it for them, and at once he marveled greatly at what people these were and what they were seeking in that place so remote from all people;"

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27)

  "for God's sake, about a certain matter of mine"

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27)

  "for sometimes a whole month would pass and more without his seeing either man or woman."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27)

  "When they had come inside and the holy man heard Célydoines speak and recognized him as a Christian, he felt such joy that no one could scarcely tell you of it."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27)

  "He embraced him and kissed him many times and said to him: "Fair son, you shall yet be a pillar and a vessel of true knowledge."

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27)

  "What need has brought you this way?"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27)

  "" And he told him at once why they had come."

• attribution: Celidoine is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 27)

  "And when the holy man heard this, he felt very great joy."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  "Célydoine: "Fair friend, you who threatened me with bodily death, now I care not at what hour I die, for I know well now that I have so improved myself that no mortal man could tell it."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  "For it seems to me that I am in that very city where I saw that feast being held and the great joy whose entrance was forbidden to me because I had not washed at the fountain."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  "" And then he said to those who had come with him, "Lords, you who kept me company in an evil life, since you do not wish to keep me company in this one where I am now, which is full of goodness and truth, I leave you entirely in such manner that I shall no longer consider you henceforth as my servants but as my enemies."

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  "But take yourselves away from here, for never shall I enter any place where I know you to be."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  "" When they heard these words, they were as sorrowful as any could be and said that they had lost everything, since their lord had turned to the Christian faith."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  "So they departed from there and took counsel among themselves as to what they might do;"

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  "for they would not leave their lord in such a manner among those who had deceived him."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  ""Why," said one of them, "would anyone appeal to him?"

• attestation: Military action involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  "And afterwards our Lord performed many fine miracles for him, of which the tale is silent, because that matter does not entirely belong to this one;"

• attestation: Celidoine is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  "and he would have done still more, but Celidoines said to him:"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  "Know in all truth that he would not, for anything that anyone might do, fail to hold to the faith he has entered, but upon the one who counseled him to do this, we should make him pay very dearly for what he has taken from us."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  "" Then they returned to the hermitage and seized Célidoyne whether the king wished it or not, and he forbade them as much as he could;"

• attribution: Celidoine is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  "but remain here with this worthy man who will counsel you on the way to your Creator, and if my servants carry me away, I am not dismayed by it, for He in whose service I have entered will protect me and defend me from all perils."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  "" And the king remained in the hermitage by the counsel of Célydoine and departed from this world the next day by the will of the sovereign master, and went to his Creator."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Celidoine at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 533)

  "rather it belongs to that book which tells the story of the king of Pierse."

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535)

  "I shall escape if it pleases my Savior;"

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535)

  "Into that dwelling the"

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535)

  "Let us put with him the lion that we captured the day before yesterday, and when he is placed therein, he will have no need of food for long, for the lion will devour him straightaway, and thus we shall be avenged."

• attestation: Celidoine participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535)

  "" And they all agreed to this counsel."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535)

  "Then they immediately took Célydoines and put him in the small boat and the lion with him."

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535)

  "And when Célydoines saw himself placed with that beast that was so fierce and terrifying, he made the sign of the holy cross upon his face, and commended himself to our Lord, then turned toward those who had thus placed him there and said to them: "Accursed people and enemies of Jhésu-Crist, do you think to make me die in such a manner?"

• attestation: An emotional response involving Celidoine is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 535)

  "The sea where you have placed me to perish shall swallow you up, and thus you shall be drowned and tormented and shall enter into the pains of hell in the dark dwelling, where all sorrows and all miseries abide."