Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.
Saints Abdon and Sennen.
Martyrs.
Feast Day 30 July.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
Saint Sennen Church,
Sennen, Cornwall, England.
Photo: 5 November 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Andrewrabbott
(Wikimedia Commons)
Illustration: SENNEN COVE
Saint Sennen's Church is a Parish Church, of The Church of England, in Sennen, Cornwall, England. The Church is Mediæval. It is known as the Parish Church of Land's End, Cornwall, and the Patron is The Duke of Cornwall
(Wikipedia)
Stained-Glass Window
in The East Wall of the Church of Saint Sennen,
Sennen, Cornwall, England.
Illustration: SENNEN COVE
The South Aisle leading to The Lady Chapel.
Illustration: SENNEN COVE
The South Aisle, added in the 15th Century, was Dedicated in 1441. The date can be read on the base of The Font. The floor of Cornish Slate in The Lady Chapel was laid in the 1990s.
In The Lady Chapel is a rather battered Statue of The Virgin Mary, one of several figures recovered from a Wall Niche nearly 300 years ago.
There is also a 17th Century Post-Reformation Communion Table, and, on the Wall by the Window, is a fragment of a Painting, presumably still in existence beneath the plaster. It is interesting to try and work out what the complete picture could be.
The Font is striking by virtue of its lid, carved by a local farmer, Mr. Saundry, out of wood from the wreck of "The SS Khyber", sunk on 15 March 1905, near Saint Levan, Cornwall. The Font now stands on a floor of Delabole Slate , matching The Lady Chapel, laid in 1999, following a major repair to rid the rear of the Church of rotten Pews and Flooring.
Finally the discerning eye will pick out the end section of the Letter from
King Charles 1, thanking Cornish folk for their loyalty.
Text from SENNEN COVE
Saints Abdon and Sennen, born in Persia, "were arrested and taken to Rome under the Emperor Decius. They were scourged with cords, weighted with lead, and beheaded" (Roman Martyrology). This was in the middle of the 3rd-Century (254 A.D.)
Mass: Intret.
Saint Sennen Church,
Sennen, Cornwall, England.
Illustration: SENNEN COVE
Saint Sennen Church,
Sennen, Cornwall, England.
Illustration: SENNEN COVE
Amazing: S. Sennen Church dating from 520 AD!
ReplyDeleteAnd what a tumultuous history this church has passed through, but is now basically restored and largely unchanged.
Thank you, Zephyrinus!
As always, Dante Peregrinus, a welcome Comment from you. Indeed, Saint Sennen Church, Cornwall, must have seen, literally, thousands of Roman Catholic Masses in Days-Gone-By, prior to The Church of England taking it from The Catholic Faith. A fascinating history of a fascinating Church.
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