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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 (15[1])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. (15[1]-5[1])After meeting this figure, (*) Galahad chose to die and ascend to Heaven. This figure’s travels with Jesus may have inspired William Blake’s “Jerusalem.” This tin merchant’s staff blossomed into the Holy Thorn of Glastonbury Abbey. For 10 points, the Holy Grail was brought (10[1])to Britain by what saint, (10[2])a member of the Sanhedrin who provided a tomb for Jesus? ■END■

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