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Official BlueSky account of the Ecclesiastical History Society. Fostering interest in all things #churchhistory.
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@eccleshistsoc.bsky.socialCanterbury Cathedral has left me in absolute awe today.
Show PostWall paintings of c1300 in the Galilee Chapel of Durham Cathedral. The Crucifixion on the right, and beside it martyrdoms and attempted martyrdoms of various saints, including St Peter crucified upside down and St John boiled in oil, which he survived. #WednesdayWallPaintings #WallPaintingsWednesday
Show PostOct 20: Feast of Acca (†740), bishop of Hagustaldes ham (Hexham) 709-32, disciple of Wilfrid, scholar. Acca enriched his church, which was dedicated to St Andrew, with a large library, works of art, altars, relics and sacred vessels. Frithuberht succeeded him. 📸Kevin Wilbraham
Show PostDay 12 of #31DaysOfGraves - Ordinary In heraldry, an "ordinary" is the technical name given to shapes that divide up a shield. These can be cross-shaped, chevrons, straight lines or, as in this case, saltires. This fabulous example is in the 'Poltalloch Enclosure' in Kilmartin Kirkyard, in Argyll.
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