First broadcast 25th August 1996.

Cadfael and a deputation of monks from Shrewsbury are dispatched to Wales to recover the remains of martyred St. Winifred over the objections of the local lord and residents.

Derek Jacobi ... Brother Cadfael
Michael Culver ... Prior Robert
Julian Firth ... Brother Jerome
Terrence Hardiman ... Abbot Radulfus
Mark Charnock ... Brother Oswin
Anna Friel ... Sioned
John Hallam ... Lord Rhysart
Nick Patrick ... Brother Columbanus
Ellis Jones ... Father Ianto
Stephen Moyer ... Godwin
Phil Rowlands ... Bened (as Philip Rowlands)
Steffan Trefor ... Peredur
Elizabeth Fitzherbert ... Apparition