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What is the "miracle" in Bede's "Caedmon's Hymn"? A. Caedmon witnesses the birth of Christ. B. Caedmon turns water into wine. C. The abbess sees an apparition of the Virgin Mary. D. Caedmon gets the gift of song and poetry.

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D. Caedmon gets the gift of song and poetry.

Cædmon's "Hymn" is a short Old English poem. Cædmon was an illiterate cow-herder who was capable of singing in honor of God, using words he didn't really know. Caedmon had heard a voice during a dream that told him to sing. He then created a hymn, which Bede saw as a miracle and wanted to preserve it in order to encourage Christianity.

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