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  2. Bath Abbey - Wikipedia

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    The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul, commonly known as Bath Abbey, [6] is a parish church of the Church of England and former Benedictine monastery in Bath, Somerset, England. [7] Founded in the 7th century, it was reorganised in the 10th century and rebuilt in the 12th and 16th centuries; major restoration work was carried out by ...

  3. St John's Church, Bath - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Martin takes a more measured view in his work on English Catholic churches, commenting "the stately interior is a good reflection of mid-Victorian taste", and remarking on the colourful polished marble, the exquisite screen, the blazing and triumphant white tabernacle, the delicate communion rails, a series of references to St John ...

  4. Buildings and architecture of Bath - Wikipedia

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    Bath Abbey from the Roman Baths Gallery. Bath Abbey was founded in 1499 [6] on the site of an 8th-century church. [7] The original Anglo-Saxon church was pulled down after 1066, [21] and a grand cathedral dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul was begun on the site by John of Tours, Bishop of Bath and Wells, around 1090; [22] [23] however, only the ambulatory was complete when he died in ...

  5. St Augustine Gospels - Wikipedia

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    The Augustine Gospels have also been taken to Canterbury for other major occasions: the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1982, [10] and the celebrations in 1997 for the 1,400th anniversary of the Gregorian mission. [11] In 2023 the Gospels were carried in the procession at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla.

  6. Catholic Church in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The main disabilities, as referenced above, were lifted by the Catholic Relief Act of 1829. In 1850 the pope restored the Catholic hierarchy, giving England its own Catholic bishops again. In 1869 a new seminary opened. [2] Another, larger group comprised very poor Irish immigrants escaping the Great Irish Famine. Their numbers rose from ...

  7. Catholic Church in England and Wales - Wikipedia

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    At the 2001 United Kingdom census, there were 4.2 million Catholics in England and Wales, some 8.3 per cent of the population. One hundred years earlier, in 1901, they represented only 4.8 per cent of the population (approximately 1.8 million people). [180] In 1981, 8.7 per cent of the population of England and Wales were Catholic. [13]

  8. Maundy Thursday - Wikipedia

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    The latter is the official name used in English by the Catholic Church in England and Wales. [ 5 ] The Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England , which is the mother Church of the Anglican Communion , uses the name "Maundy Thursday" for this observance. [ 6 ]

  9. Seven Churches Visitation - Wikipedia

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    Altar of Repose in Manila Cathedral, Philippines, 17 April 2014. In the Philippines, the tradition is called Visita Iglesia. The general practice is to visit seven churches either on Maundy Thursday or Good Friday, and recite the Stations of the Cross. The pious and able would double the number of churches to fourteen, while the infirm and ...