FIRST SHRINE FOR WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL. —Honour to 276-year-old English martyr, A unique ceremony took place m London last month when the body of John Southworth, who was put to death by Oliver Cromwell in 1654 for carrying out the duties of a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, was secretly brought from Ware, Herts., and placed with due solemnity in the Chapel of St. George, Westminster Cathedral. Priests in ceremonial robes received the body, which was carried in procession headed by his Eminence Cardinal Bourne and Catholic bishops to its final resting-place. Photograph shows the procession on its way to the cathedral, the catafalque being at the rear.
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Evening Star, Issue 20510, 14 June 1930, Page 7
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108FIRST SHRINE FOR WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL.—Honour to 276-year-old English martyr, A unique ceremony took place m London last month when the body of John Southworth, who was put to death by Oliver Cromwell in 1654 for carrying out the duties of a priest of the Roman Catholic Church, was secretly brought from Ware, Herts., and placed with due solemnity in the Chapel of St. George, Westminster Cathedral. Priests in ceremonial robes received the body, which was carried in procession headed by his Eminence Cardinal Bourne and Catholic bishops to its final resting-place. Photograph shows the procession on its way to the cathedral, the catafalque being at the rear. Evening Star, Issue 20510, 14 June 1930, Page 7
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