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The Shrine of Saint Margaret Clitherow

Description: An English saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic Church. The shrine in her honor consists of a single, small room in a ... more

The Shrine of Saint Margaret Clitherow ... house off the famous medieval street known as The Shambles in York, England.

Newest Review: ... a local butcher called John Clitherow who was also a Protestant but sometime shortly after this marriage she converted to Catholicism. This was a time when the Catholic Church in England had been outlawed, having been abolished by Queen Mary's grandfather, King Henry V111. Meanwhile her husband remained a Protestant but he was tolerant of his wife's new faith and it is said that he regularly ... more

... paid her fines for failing to attend the services at the Protestant Church. He also turned a blind eye to the fact that was raising their children in the Catholic faith. As persecution of those found to be still practising Catholicism intensified ...more

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The Shrine of Saint Margaret Clitherow: The secret shrine of The Saint Margaret Clitherow (867 words)
by - written on 19/04/08 (Very useful, 137 readings)
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I love to stumble upon places by chance and the Shrine of The Saint Margaret Clitherow is an example of one such place that I recently discovered. It is located within a small medieval house in The Shambles area of York, which is the oldest part of the town where many of the buildings are black and white timber framed. Unless you knew of its existence you would almost certainly pass it by. The exterior of this house is nothing out of the ordinary and its very existence is not widely publicised. On the outer wall, sandwiched between the many shop doorways there is a small plaque to mark its presence but other than that there is a just a small doorway. Walk through the ... Read the complete review