Hereford Cathedral (Cathedral Of Saint Mary The Virgin And Saint Ethelbert The King). (Part Four).

Hereford Cathedral. South Aisle.

Monument to Bishop Mayo.

Date: 1814.

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Author: Britton, John, 1771-1857.

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Excommunicated by John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury, he went to the Papal Court in Orvieto, Italy, to plead his case with the Pope.

He moved with the Court to Montefiascone, where, already ill, he died in 1282 before his case was fully resolved.

His bones were placed in a Shrine at Hereford Cathedral, where they became a focus of a large Pilgrimage cult. Rome was urged to Canonise him, and among the evidences of his Saintliness which his admirers appealed to, in addition to the Miracles of healing wrought at his Shrine, were the facts that he never ceased to wear his hair-shirt, and would never allow even his sister to kiss him.

Hereford Cathedral Choir Screen.

Forms part of “Views of The British Isles”, in the Photochrom print collection. Title from the Detroit Publishing Co., 1905. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

Date: 1890-1900.

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Photographer: Photochrom Print Collection

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The testimony was regarded as conclusive, and forty years after his death, in 1320, Cantilupe’s name was added to the Roll of Saints. His Coat-of-Arms were adopted for those of the See.

In the war between King and Parliament (the English Civil War) the City of Hereford fell into the hands first of one party, then of the other. Once, it endured a siege, and, when it was finally taken, the conquerors ran riot in the Cathedral and, in their fury, caused great damage which could never be repaired.

Hereford Cathedral.

Date: 1865-1885.

Collection: A. D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library Accession Number: 15/5/3090.01155

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Author: Cornell University Library

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In the early years of the 18th-Century, Philip Bisse (Bishop, 1712–1721), devised a scheme to support the Central Tower. He also had installed a large Altarpiece and an Oak Screen, and, instead of restoring the Chapter House, he allowed its stones to be utilised for alterations to the Bishop’s Palace.

It was during this period that his brother, Thomas Bisse, was the Chancellor of the Cathedral. In 1724, Thomas Bisse organised a “Music Meeting”, which subsequently became, with the Cathedrals at Worcester and Gloucester, the Three Choirs Festival.

PART FIVE FOLLOWS.