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The only alleged vision of Our Lady in London has an intriguing link with the U.S. Founding Father
In the British Museum there lies a mysterious manuscript from the 15th century.
The Book of Foundations is written in Middle English; but it is believed to be based upon an older document composed in Latin around the year 1180.
The manuscript tells of the founding and history of St. Bartholomew’s Priory and Hospital, and also, intriguingly, of the only reported vision of Our Lady in London.
The original church was built around the year 1123 in the reign of King Henry I. One of the court minstrels named Rahere went on pilgrimage to Rome. He had gone there after the King’s court was plunged into mourning for the death of the monarch’s son lost at sea. While in Rome the minstrel fell ill. So desperate was his plight that he vowed to build a hospital for the poor should he recover. Thereafter, it is recounted that St. Bartholomew visited him in a vision. The Apostle directed him to build the promised hospital at Smithfield in the City of London.
Continued below.
Benjamin Franklin’s Curious Connection to a Marian Apparition Site
In the British Museum there lies a mysterious manuscript from the 15th century.
The Book of Foundations is written in Middle English; but it is believed to be based upon an older document composed in Latin around the year 1180.
The manuscript tells of the founding and history of St. Bartholomew’s Priory and Hospital, and also, intriguingly, of the only reported vision of Our Lady in London.
The original church was built around the year 1123 in the reign of King Henry I. One of the court minstrels named Rahere went on pilgrimage to Rome. He had gone there after the King’s court was plunged into mourning for the death of the monarch’s son lost at sea. While in Rome the minstrel fell ill. So desperate was his plight that he vowed to build a hospital for the poor should he recover. Thereafter, it is recounted that St. Bartholomew visited him in a vision. The Apostle directed him to build the promised hospital at Smithfield in the City of London.
Continued below.
Benjamin Franklin’s Curious Connection to a Marian Apparition Site
