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Time to start a month of Here's St Apollonia, martyred in 249 by having her teeth pulled out/broken before throwing herself into a fire. Patron saint of dentists, she's invoked by toothache sufferers. Images from Barton Turf, Dersingham and Horsham St Faith 1/30

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2019-09-02

23 Aug 1572: the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of Protestants begins in the night (Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts) It is witnessed from the English Embassy by both Philip Sidney & Francis Walsingham (NPG)

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2019-08-23

6) Most women's objects that survive from the Middle Ages belonged to the wealthy, who could afford durable materials: gold, jewels, parchment. Too few, like this pilgrim badge from Our Lady of offer testimony to the lives of ordinary women. /1

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2019-03-07

Elizabeth I was crowned in 1559 and reigned for 44 years. This 17th century engraving by William Faithorne shows her with Lord Burghley and Sir Francis Walsingham. [Prints 014/004]

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2018-01-16

Beautiful watercolour for a banner of Our Lady of Walsingham.

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2015-08-18