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Miracle of the Thorn Staff and Glastonbury Legend
The old Christmas legend tells Joseph of Arimathea carrying the Holy Grail to Gaul where an angel directs him to Britain. In Avalon he sinks his thorn staff into the ground at Glastonbury, and a white blossoming thorn bush appears, a symbol of the Christmas miracle remembered each year.
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Britain
Thorn of Glastonbury
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Gaul
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Arvigatrus
Arvigat
Isle
Avalon
Joseph
Glastonbury Abbey