International designers respond to calls for a new reliquary to house the remains of Kentish saint
Norwich, UK Canadian, American and British designers have responded to an appeal to design a new reliquary to house the relics of St Eanswythe, the earliest verified remains of an English saint. The Church of England parish Church of St Mary and St Eanswythe in Folkestone, Kent, made the appeal after the lead container which houses the bones […]
Five hundred years after it was destroyed, St Chad’s shrine reinstated at Lichfield Cathedral in UK
Norwich, UK Five hundred years ago, King Henry VIII’s commissioners destroyed the shrine of St Chad at the Church of England’s Lichfield Cathedral – now it has been reinstated, complete with a relic provided by St Chad Roman Catholic Cathedral in Birmingham. Rt Rev Dr Michael Ipgrave, the 99th Bishop of Lichfield, said that “[t]his is an […]
Rare medieval Bible returned to Canterbury Cathedral 500 years after it disappeared
A rare medieval Bible has been returned to Canterbury Cathedral in England, 500 years since it went missing during the Reformation. The Lyghfield Bible. PICTURE: National Memorial Heritage Fund. Now known as the Lyghfield Bible after the 16th century monk from Canterbury who once owned it, the cathedral purchased the Bible for £100,000 from a […]