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This figure experienced a 42 year imprisonment by Vespasian as only three days from Friday to Sunday. An angel in the form of a white knight rescued Evalach after he prayed upon a shield given to him by this figure’s son, who later used his bloody nose to draw a cross upon it. That shield was eventually claimed from the tomb of Nasciens by a knight who became king of Sarras, which this figure and his son first evangelized. Along with Merlin and Percival, a namesake romance about the life of this figure formed a trilogy by Robert de Boron. After meeting this figure, (*) Galahad chose to die and ascend to Heaven. This figure’s (10[1])travels (-5[1])with Jesus may have inspired William Blake’s (10[1])“Jerusalem.” This tin merchant’s staff blossomed into the Holy Thorn of Glastonbury Abbey. For 10 points, the Holy Grail was brought to Britain by what saint, a member of the Sanhedrin who provided a tomb for Jesus? ■END■ (10[1])

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