E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Kenelm (St.)
was murdered at Clente-in-Cowbage, near Winchelcumb, in Gloucestershire. The murder, says Roger of Wendover, was miraculously notified at Rome by a white dove, which alighted on the altar of St. Peter’s, bearing in its beak a scroll with these words:
