Cynewulf is an important Old English poet, known for weaving his runic signature into the epilogues of four poems. Little is known about him, but he probably lived in the 9th century in Mercia or Northumbria. His works include The Fates of the Apostles, a short martyrology; The Ascension (also called Christ II), a homily and biblical narrative; Juliana, a saintβs passion set in the reign of the Roman emperor Maximian (late 3rd century ce); and Elene, perhaps the best of his poems, which describes the mission of St. Helena, mother of the emperor Constantine, to recover Christβs cross.
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