Sharon Kay Penman

When Christ and both Mathilda's Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman.

Paul

One consideration of course is that Paul wrote this in such a way as to leave open the application to either 'sleepy' saints or lost sinners.

by Sharon Penman – the first book in the Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy

When Christ and Peter Tremayne's Saints Slept by Sharon Penman – the first book in the Eleanor of Aquitaine trilogy.

Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite

Already in the first century, the Hieromartyr Dionysius the Areopagite wrote about ancient Christians's“Falling-Asleep.”

Christoph von Schmid

The lyrics were written by Catholic priest and writer Christoph von Schmid in 1798.

Peter

I wonder if Peter was recalling the time Peter and Peter's friends fell asleep while waiting in the garden with Jesus when Peter wrote this?

Father Joseph Mohr

It was written by priest, Father Joseph Mohr, and in priest's original German form was called, 'Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht', literally, 'silent night, holy night.'

Elizabeth Moon

Chronologically, SLEEPis the first novel in the trio, but was published second, after SASSINAK, by Anne and Elizabeth Moon.

Luke

Luke writes that the disciples slept that night a sleep like no other: “sleeping from sorrow.”