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Magnificent Manuscripts
By Colleen Messina |
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1 In the fifth century A.D., Roman soldiers in Gaul captured a 16-year-old boy and enslaved him in Ireland. This terrible event turned out to be the best thing that happened in the world of writing. Young Saccath looked around at the barbaric Celts and determined to not only survive his enslavement, but also to escape, get an education, and with saint-like determination, come back to help those wild, uncivilized islanders.