Benedict of Peterborough, Miracles of St Thomas Becket

book IV, chapter 2

“Do not despair, but rather put your trust in God and the blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Thomas, who comes to visit you.” […] A female servant said to him, as if she were a messenger of a good omen, “Eilward, last night I saw in a dream that you would receive sight in both of your eyes.” And he said, “This may happen, when it pleases God and his blessed martyr Thomas.” When evening began to fall and the day was nearly done, the lids of his left eye became itchy. In order to scratch them, he removed the wax poultice that had been put on his empty eye sockets to draw out the corruption or to keep the eyelids closed. Opening his eyelids, by the wonderful power of God it seemed to him that the opposite wall of the house was lit up as if with the brightness of a lamp. It was in fact a red ray of the sun, which was almost at the point of setting.