Bishop Hedda founded Lichfield’s first cathedral in 700 to house the relics of St Chad, the Bishop of Mercia who had come as a missionary and had died in 672. In his History of the English Church and People the venerable Bede retold the life of the saint and described his shrine. The Anglo-Saxon cathedral [...]
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Lichfield Cathedral – Starry Starry Night
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