Brittany Ferries Quotes

One of the earliest accounts of a community performing nocturnal “duties” under the supervision of an otherworldly overseer can be found in the writings of the Byzantine court official and historian Procopius, circa the mid-sixth century CE. In his “Gothic War”, Procopius recounts2 a curious tale concerning the men of a fishing village on the coast of Brittany. We are told that the men were “called” from their sleep late at night by a disembodied voice to ferry the souls of the dead.