King, Martyr and Patronal Saint of Oswestry Followers of the "Meres & Meadows Messenger" will have enjoyed reading the historical information presented by Christopher Jobson. Here, we would like to introduce another work of his from c.2012. It is a very comprehensive article about Saint Oswald and he has kindly given us permission to use … Continue reading Feast Day of St. Oswald – August 5th
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St. Alban
Venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr (protomartyr), St. Alban is venerated in the East on 22nd June, and in the West on 17th June because of a misreading of the Roman XXII. Alban lived Verulamium (now St Albans) in Roman Britain when Christians were suffering persecution under Septimius Severus 193-211. Alban met a Christian … Continue reading St. Alban
A Reflection on the Coronation of King Charles III
In Adamnan’s Life of St Columba c640, Adamnan records that there appeared to Columba the vision of an angel who held in his hand ‘a glass book of the Ordination of Kings’. On meeting Aidan, and ‘laying his hand upon his head, he ordained him and blessed him’. Aidan was made King of Dalriada, the modern … Continue reading A Reflection on the Coronation of King Charles III