SNN110867 - False idol: translation mishap leads vicar to hail presence of 'saint'

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Type	Newspaper cuttings
Title	False idol: translation mishap leads vicar to hail presence of 'saint'
Author/Originator	Malvern, J
Date/Year	2017
SMR Supplementary File Number	ENN103668

Abstract/Summary

A misreading of Latin led villagers to believe that the medieval effigy of a priest in St Mary Magdalene church was that of Hagius, a forgotten saint

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NCC Archives Service, Heritage Team HER Library

Referenced Monuments (1)

1676/1/1 Church of St. Mary Magdalene (Building)

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Record last edited

Oct 18 2017 12:24PM

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