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~ St.Lawrence, Lindridge ~ |
| This is the the third church to be built on the site ,
the first burnt down and the second slid off of its foundations onto
the road below !. Fortunately the present church is stable and has
remained in place since being built in 1836. It is traditional for a
church that replaces one that has been burnt down to be called St
Lawrence, the patron saint of fire. Lawrence was a deacon in the
church who a ministry in Rome working with Pope Sixtus II. In the
year 258 the Emperor ordered Sixtus to be put to death, chained to a
gridiron with a fire lit underneath. Lawrence went forward and put
his arm around Sixtus, so that they died together. |
| Photographs &
text courtesy of Chris Rumbold |
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