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  1. 64lbs of costly candle wax was allocated to the #ClareCastle chapel for the feast of #Candlemas, a favourite of the #LadyOfClare, when light blazed in midwinter & candles were brought to be blessed.

    She would have been familiar with this #CanterburyCathedral window depicting the Presentation of Christ in the Temple - very tall candles here!

    📷 Lawrence OP, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, flickr.com/photos/paullew/3254

    #StainedGlass #medieval @medievodons

  2. After #ThomasBecket was assassinated in #CanterburyCathedral on 29 Dec 1170, reports of miraculous healing started to circulate within a week, and pilgrim numbers soared. The vibrant colours of the #StainedGlass windows around his shrine may have seemed almost as wondrous to #medieval visitors as the #miracles they depict.

    📷 Julian P. Guffogg, CC BY-SA 2.0; more at flickr.com/photos/jpguffogg/al

    #craftsmanship #wonder #pilgrimage @medievodons

  3. A team of scientists in the UK is exploring the roofs of cathedrals in the UK in the hope of finding dust that could include particles from meteorites and sp...
    UK scientists search cathedral roofs for cosmic dust
  4. A team of scientists in the UK is exploring the roofs of cathedrals in the UK in the hope of finding dust that could include particles from meteorites and sp...
    UK scientists search cathedral roofs for cosmic dust
  5. A team of scientists in the UK is exploring the roofs of cathedrals in the UK in the hope of finding dust that could include particles from meteorites and sp...
    UK scientists search cathedral roofs for cosmic dust
  6. A team of scientists in the UK is exploring the roofs of cathedrals in the UK in the hope of finding dust that could include particles from meteorites and sp...
    UK scientists search cathedral roofs for cosmic dust
  7. A team of scientists in the UK is exploring the roofs of cathedrals in the UK in the hope of finding dust that could include particles from meteorites and sp...
    UK scientists search cathedral roofs for cosmic dust
  8. Thomas Becket, a martyr in the Anglican and Catholic churches, was assassinated by a group of knights loyal to King Henry II of England inside Canterbury Cathedral on 29 December 1170. Becket has since been venerated as a saint in both churches.

    #ThomasBecket #Saint #Martyr #Anglican #Catholic #KingHenryII #CanterburyCathedral

    Below: Thomas Becket's murder in Canterbury Cathedral