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It’s how she’d want to be remembered.

The original church site in Tombland was, centuries later, occupied by a public lavatory — now removed and much missed.

I’m amazed that the post MacGowan Pogues are still as good as that. But I have to remind myself that even after Luke Kelly died the Dubliners remained a great live band.

He has just been sacked

No. Tell me more.

…which is a serviceable definition of heresy.

I reckon her cat patronage was largely focussed on their rodent killing ability.

Not just ‘by tradition’. SS P & F were genuine historical figures. There is a graphic and almost contemporary account of their martyrdom with no imaginative elaborations. But it seems they’ve never been popular in England — maybe for that reason.

He is depicted in bishop’s dress wielding a hammer and holding up the severed leg of a horse.

He is depicted in bishop’s dress wielding a hammer and holding up the severed leg of a horse.

These reflect the important role of the smith in village life — it is possible that the local smith chose and paid for the image of ‘his’ saint. Some depict a popular story in which bishop Ambrose removed the leg from an uncontrollable horse, shoed it and then reattached it to the pacified animal.

St Eligius is the patron saint of several French and Netherlandish cities including Antwerp. His metalworking past made him also the patron, not only of goldsmiths, but also of blacksmiths and farriers. There are a number of images of the saint in East Anglian churches.

Eligius originally worked as a goldsmith in the service of two Frankish kings. He made crosses and chalices and embellished shrines. He later took holy orders and became a noted preacher who spread the gospel to large parts of Flanders. Eligius was bishop of Noyon from 641 until his death.