The Pepperman and the Sword of Saint Eligius

I OPENED A DOOR OF GOLD AND SILVER. SOMEWHAT SURPRISED AND SOMEWHAT BEWILDERED. FLOATING IN AIR AND TURNING SLOWLY GAVE IT A PRESENCE OF BEING HOLY THIS WAS A SWORD OF BRILLIANT DESIGN. I THOUGHT TO MYSELF "I WISH IT WERE MINE" FIVE FEET IN LENGTH AND TWELVE POUNDS IN WEIGHT. I EXAMINED IT CLOSER TO DETERMINE A DATE. A GOLDEN THROWN ENCRUSTED WITH GEMS. DIAMONDS AND RUBIES AND PLENTY OF THEM. ENGRAVING. EMBROIDERING AND MAGNIFICENT WIST. THIS WAS CRAFTED BY A BRILLIANT GOLDSMITH. CEREMONIAL OR RELIGIOUS I ASKED MYSELF. WAS THIS CREATED FOR SOMEONE OF WEALTH. A HEAVENLY VOICE STARTED TO SPEAK. MORE LIKE A TEACHER WILLING TO TEACH. BORN IN THE YEAR FIVE EIGHTY EIGHT, ELIGIUS GREW UP AND WENT ON TO BE GREAT. A MASTER CRAFTSMAN, THE GREATEST GOLDSMITH. CRAFTED THIS SWORD YOU SEE EXIST. HIS WORK CAN BE SEEN ON TOMBS OF SAINTS. CAPTURED ON CANVAS BY CHRISTUS THE GREAT HE WOULD GO ON TO HELP THE POOR. HE FOUNDED CHURCHES AND SO MUCH MORE. AFTER HIS DEATH HE WAS CONSIDERED A SAINT. SHOWN AS A BISHOP BY THOSE WHO PAINT. THE LECTURE WENT ON, LONG INTO THE NIGHT. I FOUND THAT JOURNEY TO BE A DELIGHT.