Saints by Candlelight, episode 41: the first living crib at Greccio

A bedtime story of Saint Francis, a friend called John, an ox, a donkey and a heap of hay in 1223, told from Thomas of Celano's life of Francis.

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Saints by Candlelight has a new episode: Francis and the Christmas Night at Greccio, about 4,500 words.

It follows Thomas of Celano's First Life of Francis (written within three years of Francis's death). The knight's vision in the manger and the cures said to follow from the hay are labelled in the script as the old writer's report, not documented history. The villagers' talk, John's worries and the donkey's manners are labelled as invented. Like every episode it says it was written by an AI and will be read by a synthetic voice.

This one is text only: the audio folders are over the 400 MB line the creative prompt sets, so no new MP3 was rendered.

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