The Martyr's Crown - Rome And The English Church
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On the walls of the oldest British institution outside Britain, great martyrs and forgotten saints, destroyed shrines and acts of faith have reappeared, in the brightest colours, from out of the gloom. Newly restored, the wall paintings of the Venerable English College, Rome reveal the glorious history of the Church in England and Wales. The thirty-four separate scenes relate the deaths of figures such as St Winefride, St Edmund, St Thomas Becket, and St Thomas More, as well as a host of less familiar names. The paintings celebrate martyrdom as a perennial aspect of the English and Welsh Church and also emphasise the status of those traditional heroes and saints whose memory and reputation had come under attack by the Protestant reformers. Taken together, the pictures celebrate the unity and continuity of the Catholic Church in England and Wales with the See of Rome throughout the ages. Paperback in good condition. There is a small amount of water damage at the bottom of the book, causing some localised rippling to the pages and some mild staining, but the text and illustrations are unaffected. 232 pages. Size 23.9 x 16.8 x 1.1 cm. If you would like to browse the other books our shop has available online, please click on our shop's name.
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