Saint Cajetan. Confessor. Feast Day 7 August.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint Cajetan.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 7 August.

Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Cajetan.

Italian: San Gaetano di Thiene.

Latin: Sanctus Caietanus.

Artist: Francesco Solimena (1657–1747).

This File: 22 February 2006.

User: Mathiasrex.

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Saint Cajetan Founded the first Congregation of Clerks Regular, who endeavour to imitate the manner of life of The Apostles (Collect). Trust in God, which the Gospel recalls, was their great law; they therefore refrained from begging alms and waited until The Faithful brought them help of their own accord. They are also called Theatines.

This Saint's zeal for others' Salvation caused him to be called The Hunter of Souls. It was said that he was an Angel at The Altar and an Apostle in The Pulpit. He died at Naples on 7 August 1547.

Mass: Os justi.
Commemoration: Saint Donatus.

Saint Cajetan Thiene.

Born 1 October 1480.

Died 7 August 1547, Naples, Italy.

Feast Day - 7 August.

Canonised: 12 April 1671 by Pope Clement X.

Statue created circa 1671.

The statue is part of a group of sixteen statues that were installed between

August 1670 

and March 1673. Morelli worked from January to March 1671 on the statue.

Sculptor - Lazzaro Morelli. 

He was paid 80 scudi for the work.

The Saint is in the act of writing out The Rule for his Religious Order.

Saint Cajetan, originally from Naples, was the Founder of The Congregation of Clerics Regular,

also known as The Theatines. He also worked as a diplomat for Pope Julius II, and was

fortunate to escape with his life during the Sack of Rome in 1527.

Illustration: SAINT PETER'S BASILICA

Saint Cajetan.

Illustration: TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IN MARYLAND

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Gaetano dei Conti di Thiene (1 October 1480 – 7 August 1547) was an Italian Catholic Priest and Religious Reformer, co-founder of The Theatines. He is recognised as a Saint in The Catholic Church, and his Feast Day is 7 August.

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Saint Cajetan was Ordained Priest in 1516. He left The Papal Court and dedicated himself entirely to the service of The Lord. With his own hands, he cared for the sick. Such zeal did he show for the salvation of his fellowmen, that he was surnamed the "huntsman for Souls."

Saint Cajetan often Prayed eight hours daily. While attending the Christmas Celebration at Saint Mary Of The Crib, he is said to have been given the Grace of receiving from Mary The Child Jesus into his arms.

Saint Cajetan Founded, in 1524, a Community of Priests who were to lead an Apostolic life. They were to look with disdain on all Earthly belongings, to accept no salaries from The Faithful; only from that which was freely donated were they allowed to retain the means of livelihood.

He founded a Bank to help The Poor and offer an alternative to usurers (loan sharks). It later became The Bank of Naples. His concern for the unemployed, giving them the necessary financial help in their time of need, made him their Patron. His Feast Day is Celebrated on 7 August.

"Pascendi Dominici Gregis". Pope Saint Pius X. On The Errors Of The Modernists.

Coat-of-Arms of His Holiness Pope Saint Pius X,

257th Pope of The Roman Catholic Church.

Date: 19 August 2014.

Source: Own work, using elements from SajoR and files from the Commons.

Author: P-JR.

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Pope Saint Pius X: The Enemy From Within Destroying the Catholic Church.

By: Eric Gajewski.

Illustration: VETERANS TODAY

The following Text is taken from "Pascendi Dominici Gregis".

". . . Gravity Of The Situation.

"That we make no delay in this matter is rendered necessary especially by the fact that the partisans of error are to be sought not only among the Church's open enemies; they lie hid, a thing to be deeply deplored and feared, in her very bosom and heart, and are the more mischievous, the less conspicuously they appear. 

"We allude, Venerable Brethren, to many who belong to the Catholic laity, nay, and this is far more lamentable, to the ranks of the Priesthood itself, who, feigning a love for The Church, lacking the firm protection of Philosophy and Theology, nay more, thoroughly imbued with the poisonous doctrines taught by the enemies of The Church, and lost to all sense of modesty, vaunt themselves as reformers of The Church; and, forming more boldly into line of attack, assail all that is most Sacred in the work of Christ, not sparing even the person of The Divine Redeemer, Whom, with Sacrilegious daring, they reduce to a simple, mere man."

Pope Saint Pius X.

Illustration: THE REMNANT NEWSPAPER

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"Pascendi Dominici Gregis" ("Feeding The Lord's Flock") is a Papal Encyclical Letter promulgated by Pope Saint Pius X on 8 September 1907.

The Pope condemned Modernism and a whole range of other principles described as "Evolutionary", which allowed change to Roman Catholic Dogma. Pope Saint Pius X instituted Commissions to cleanse The Clergy of Theologians promoting Modernism and some of its (Liturgical) consequences.

Traditionalist Catholics point to this Document as evidence that Pre-Vatican II Popes were highly-concerned about enemies of Christendom infiltrating the human element of The Catholic Church.

The Descent Of The Modernists.

Illustration: RORATE CAELI

The Encyclical was drafted by Joseph Lemius, Procurator General of The Oblates of Mary Immaculate.

Pascendi Dominici Gregis enjoined a compulsory Anti-Modernist Oath, introduced on 1 September 1910, which obliged all Catholic Bishops, Priests, and Teachers, to come to clear terms with what they believed; this Oath remained in force until Pope Paul VI abolished it in 1967. 

When The Congregation For The Doctrine Of The Faith, under the authority of Pope John Paul II, mandated the use of a new Oath of Fidelity in 1989, some Theologians labelled it as a new kind of Anti-Modernist Oath.

Pope Saint Sixtus II, Saint Felicissimus And Saint Agapitus. Martyrs. Feast Day 6 August.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Pope Saint Sixtus II, Saint Felicissimus
and Saint Agapitus.
   Martyrs.
   Feast Day 6 August.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Pope Saint Sixtus II and companions.

(Cote Français 185, Fol. 96v. Vies de saints,

Paris, XIVe siècle, Richard de Montbaston et collaborateurs.)

Pope Saint Sixtus II was Consecrated Bishop of The Church of Rome in 257 A.D. The following year, while Celebrating The Sacred Liturgy, over the tomb of a Martyr, in the Cemetery, or Catacombs, of Saint Callistus, he was arrested by soldiers carrying out the edict of The Emperor, Valerian.

On the same day, 6 August, he was put to death and buried in the same Cemetery, along with “The Holy Martyrs Felicissimus and Agapitus, Deacons of Blessed Sixtus; Januarius, Magnus, Vincent, and Stephen, Sub-Deacons, all of whom were beheaded with him and buried in the Cemetery of Praetextatus. 

With them suffered also Blessed Quartus, as is related by Saint Cyprian”. (Roman Martyrology). 

Three days later, his famous Arch-Deacon, Saint Lawrence, was Martyred.

Illustration and Caption: CHRIST BEARERS

Pope Saint Sixtus II was Martyred in the 3rd-Century A.D., during the cruel Persecution of Valerian, with his two Deacons, Felicissimus and Agapitus. His name is mentioned in The Canon of The Mass among the Popes (First List).

Laurence, his first Deacon, seeing him led to death, exclaimed: "Why do you abandon me, Father, you who never offer The Holy Sacrifice without your Deacon ?" You will follow me in three days," replied Sixtus.

The Anniversary of The Martyrdom of Saint Laurence will be Solemnised in three days.

Mass: Sapiéntiam.

The Transfiguration Of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Feast Day 6 August.

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The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
   Feast Day 6 August.

Double of The Second-Class.

White Vestments.

"This is My Beloved Son, in Whom I am well pleased: Hear ye Him."

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Artist: René de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

The Feast of The Transfiguration of Jesus had long been Solemnised, on 6 August, in different Churches of The East and The West. To Commemorate the Victory which arrested, near Belgrade, in 1456, the invading tide of Islam, and which was announced at Rome on 6 August, Pope Callistus III extended The Feast to the whole Church.

It is The Feast of many Churches under The Title of Saint Saviour. This is why Pope Saint Pius X raised it to the Rank of Double of The Second-Class, for it is the old Title of the Cathedral of Rome, Saint John Lateran, formerly called the Basilica of Saint Saviour (Feast Day 9 November).

Mass: Illuxérunt.
Commemoration: (In Low Masses). Of The Holy Martyrs, Pope Saint Sixtus II, Felicissimus, and Agapitus.

Preface: Of The Nativity.

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Incorporated 1864.

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The Dedication Of The Basilica Of Our Lady Of The Snow. Feast Day 5 August.

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The Dedication of The Church of Our Lady of The Snow.
   Feast Day 5 August.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

The Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

(The Basilica of Our Lady of The Snow).

Photo: March 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Sixtus.

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This Church was built at Rome, on Mount Esquiline, in the 4th-Century A.D., during the Pontificate of Pope Liberius. In The Middle Ages, a graceful and popular Tradition ascribed its Foundation to a noble Patrician, who, having been favoured with a vision of Our Lady, caused the Church to be built on a spot covered by a miraculous fall of snow.

This Sanctuary was rebuilt in the following Century and Dedicated, by Pope Sixtus III, in 432 A.D., to Mary, whom The Council of Ephesus (431 A.D.), had just proclaimed The Mother of God. The mosaics of The Triumphal Arch glorify this Divine Maternity, and the representations of the two Cities, of Bethlehem and Jerusalem, recall The Birth of Christ in The City of David, and that of The Church in The Cenacle of The Last Supper. These mosaics were restored in 1931-1934. The Basilica is also called Saint Mary of The Crib, because portions of The Crib are preserved here.

Saint Mary's, called "Major" because it is the largest and most important of the Churches Dedicated to The Blessed Virgin, is a Patriarchal Basilica. The great Nave is formed by two rows of forty-four Columns of White Marble and the Ceiling is covered with the first Gold brought from America.

In this Church, whose Dedication is Solemnised on this day, takes place many Celebrations, including: The inauguration of The Liturgical Year on The First Sunday in Advent; the Stations at Christmas; the Feast of Saint John; at Easter; on Rogation Monday; and on all Wednesdays in Ember Weeks.

Mass: Salve Sancta Parens.
The Creed: Is said.
Preface: Of The Blessed Virgin: Et te in Festivitáte.

"The Miracle of The Snow", by Masolino da Panicale.

Christ and The Blessed Virgin Mary observe Pope Liberius,

who marks in the legendary snowfall the outline of the Basilica.

Artist: Masolino da Panicale (1383-1440).

Date: 15th-Century.

Current location: Galleria Nazionale d9i Capodimonte, Naples, Italy.

Source: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei. DVD-ROM,

2002. 

ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

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The Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, previously known as Dedicatio Sanctae Mariae ad Nives (Dedication of The Church of Our Lady of The Snow) is a Liturgical Feast Celebrated on
5 August in The Latin Form of The Catholic Church.

In The Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, it has the Rank of Optional Memorial, and, in The General Roman Calendar of 1962, it is a Third-Class Feast. It Commemorates the Dedication of the restored Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, by Pope Sixtus III, just after The First Council of Ephesus.

This Major Basilica, located on the summit of The Esquiline Hill, in Rome, Italy, is called the Basilica of Saint Mary Major (Latin: Sancta Mariae Majoris) because it is the largest Church in Rome that is Dedicated to The Blessed Virgin Mary.

The Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome, Italy.

Photo Credit: Fr Kevin Estabrook

The Church was built during the Pontificate of Pope Liberius and is sometimes known as the "Basilica Liberii" or "Liberian Basilica".

Pope Pius V inserted this Feast into The General Roman Calendar in 1568, when, in response to the request of The Council of Trent, he reformed The Roman Breviary. Before that, it had been Celebrated at first only in the Church, itself, and, beginning in the 14th-Century, in all the Churches of the City of Rome.

Thus, it appears in The Tridentine Calendar for Celebration as a Double. In Pope Clement VIII's Missal of 1604, it was given the newly-invented Rank of Greater-Double. In Pope Saint John XXIII's Classification, it became a Third-Class Feast. This 1960 Calendar, included in the 1962 Edition of The Roman Missal, is the Calendar whose private and continued use, under certain conditions publicly, is authorised by the Motu Proprio "Summorum Pontificum". Nine years later, The Celebration became an Optional Memorial.

Saint Mary Major, Rome, Italy.

Photo: 15 February 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Ben Skála, Benfoto.

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Until 1969, The Feast was known as Dedicatio Sanctae Mariae ad Nives (Dedication of The Church of Our Lady of The Snow), a name that had become popular for the Basilica in the 14th-Century, in connection with a legend about its origin. That The Catholic Encyclopedia summarises: "During the Pontificate of Liberius, the Roman Patrician, John, and his wife, who were without heirs, made a vow to donate their possessions to The Virgin Mary.

They Prayed that she might make known to them how they were to dispose of their property in her honour. On 5 August, at the height of the Roman Summer, snow fell during the night on the summit of The Esquiline Hill.

In obedience to a vision of The Virgin Mary, which they had the same night, the couple built a Basilica in honour of Mary, on the very spot which was covered by snow.

English: Interior of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome, Italy.

Deutsch: Rom. Basilika Santa Mario Maggiore, Innenansicht.

Photo: 13 May 2003.

Source: Own work.

Author: Dnalor 01.

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No Catholic Church can be honoured with the Title of Basilica unless by Apostolic Grant, or from Immemorial Custom. Saint Mary Major is one of only four Basilicas that, today, hold the Title of Major Basilica.

The other three Basilicas are Saint John Lateran, Saint Peter's and Saint Paul-outside-the-Walls. All other Catholic Churches that, either by Grant of the Pope or by Immemorial Custom, hold the Title of Basilica, are Minor Basilicas.

Interior of Saint Mary Major, Rome, Italy.

Photo: 15 February 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Ben Skala, Benfoto.

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Until 2006, the four Major Basilicas, together with the Basilica of Saint Lawrence-outside-the-Walls, were referred to as the five "Patriarchal Basilicas" of Rome, associated with the five ancient Patriarchal Sees of Christendom (see Pentarchy). Saint Mary Major was associated with the Patriarchate of Antioch. In the same year (2006), the Title of "Patriarchal" was also removed from the Basilica of Saint Francis in Assisi.

The former five Patriarchal Basilicas, with the Basilica of The Holy Cross in Jerusalem and San Sebastian-outside-the-Walls, formed the Traditional Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome, which are visited by Pilgrims to Rome and who are following the twenty kilometres (twelve miles) itinerary, established by Saint Philip Blacks on 25 February 1552, especially when seeking The Plenary Indulgence in Holy Years. For The Great Jubilee of 2000, Pope Saint John Paul II replaced Saint Sebastian's Church with The Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love.

Saint Dominic (1170 - 1221). Confessor And Founder Of The Dominican Order. Feast Day, Today, 4 August.

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unless otherwise stated.

Saint Dominic.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 4 August.

Greater-Double.

White vestments.

Saint Dominic receives The Rosary from The Virgin Mary.

Stained-Glass Window, by Franz Mayer, in Carlow Cathedral, Ireland.

Photo: 3 September 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Andreas F. Borchert.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Dominic.

Artist: Claudio Coello (1642 to 1693).

Dates: Approximately 1685.

Current location: Prado Museum , Madrid, Spain.

Source: http://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/

online-gallery / online-gallery / obra / saint-dominic-of-guzman /

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The Church of France was ravaged by the heresy of The Albigenses, who, not satisfied with teaching false Doctrine, pillaged the Churches and massacred the Priests. In 1215, Pope Innocent III saw in a dream the tottering walls of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, held up by the powerful shoulders of a Friar. This Friar was Saint Dominic, whose Preaching defended Catholic Doctrine against the new heresies (Epistle).

Before his birth, his mother saw in a vision, her child in the shape of a little dog, holding a torch in its mouth, which was "To Set The World On Fire".

Called "Dominic", because his parents attributed his birth to the Prayers of the Holy Benedictine Abbot, Dominic of Silos, he truly belonged to The Lord, as his name suggests.

Born in Spain, of the noble family of Gusman, he distinguished himself by his purity, as is signified by the Lily That he holds (Alleluia) and his White Habit.

Saint Dominic.
Artist: René de Cramer.

"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".

Used with Permission.

Illustration: A VOICE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Having witnessed the many evils caused by the heretics in the South of France, he Founded, opposed to them, The Order of The Friars Preachers (Communion), whom he armed with The Shield of Truth, to teach Doctrine, and The Sword of The Word, to Preach it.

The Dominicans number many Saints of both sexes, who, like their Founder, ardently studied The Word of God in the Gospel, which, as Saint Dominic says, is The Book of Truth and The Book of Charity.

[The Order of The Friars Preachers (O.P.) has given to The Church, as at 1945:

Four Popes (Blessed Innocent V, Saint Pius V, Benedict XI, Benedict XIII);

Numerous Cardinals, Bishops, Doctors, Preachers and illustrious writers.

It numbers eleven Saints and four female Saints, Beatified 268 men and twenty-four Beatified

women and 300 Martyrs. The Census of The Order, in 1935, showed there were 6,000 Friars.

The Dominican Nuns in The Second Order, and in The Third Order Regular, amount to 40,000.]

This Saint loved Our Lady in a special manner and Preached The Devotion to The Rosary. He died on 6 August 1221.

Mass: Os justi.

The Finding Of The Body Of Saint Stephen, The First Martyr. 3 August.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,unless stated otherwise.

The Finding Of The Body Of Saint Stephen, The First Martyr.
   3 August.

Semi-Double.

Red Vestments.

Stoning of Saint Stephen.

Altarpiece of the Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy.

Artist: Jacopo and Domenico Tintoretto.

Photo: 11 April 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Smeat75

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The Church Solemnises on 26 December The Feast of Saint Stephen, and, on 2 January, The Octave of this Saint. She holds The Station on Passion Friday in the Church Dedicated to Saint Stephen, on Mount Coelius, at Rome.

On 10 August, she will Celebrate The Feast of Saint Laurence, whose "remains, more precious," say the writers of The First Centuries A.D., "than Gold and Precious Stones" are with those of The Deacon Stephen, which had been Translated from Palestine to the Capital of The Christian World.

Today's Mass Commemorates the miraculous finding by a Priest of these Relics at Kapher-Gamala, Israel, on 5 December 415 A.D. (Collect).

Except The Collect, it is the same as that on 26 December, the date of the Translation of these remains from Kapher-Gamala to Jerusalem. For Gamaliel, the teacher of Saint Paul, so much esteemed among the Doctors of Israel, that, at his death, it was declared that "the glory of Israel had disappeared", had buried twenty miles from that Town, at his Country House, the Holy Martyr Stephen, Nicodemus, and his own son, Abibas. He, himself, was buried there. These precious Relics, long ignored, were miraculously discovered and wrought numerous cures.

The Introit and the Epistle recall how Stephen, filled with The Holy Ghost, convicted the Jews of error, and how they, hating Christ as their father hated Him (Gospel), seized Stephen and stoned him to death.

Let us honour Saint Stephen, and, imitating his Prayers for his Persecutors (Epistle, Communion), let us learn by his example to love our enemies (Collect).

Mass: As on The Feast of Saint Stephen, 26 December, except one word in The Collect "inventionem", instead of "natalitia". We Celebrate "the finding of his body" instead of "his birthday to immortality".

A Very Rare Mediaeval Bible Returns Home To Canterbury Cathedral, 500 Years After It Disappeared From The Cathedral’s Monastic Book Collection, At The Reformation.

This Article is taken from, and can be read in full at, CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL

Illustration: CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL

A rare Mediaeval Bible has been saved for the Nation and returned to Canterbury Cathedral 500 years after it disappeared from the Cathedral’s Monastic Book Collection at the time of The Reformation.

The Lyghfield Bible returns to Canterbury Cathedral, much to the delight of Canon Librarian, Revd Tim Naish, Head of Archives and Library Mrs Cressida Williams, and The Dean of Canterbury, The Very Revd Robert Willis.

Now known as The Lyghfield Bible, after the 16th-Century Cathedral Monk who once owned it, the 690-Leaf Volume was purchased at Auction from a private seller at a specialist sale of Manuscripts in London in July 2018.

The £100,000 purchase was made possible with a grant of almost £96,000 from The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) and further funding from The Friends Of The National Libraries, The Friends of Canterbury Cathedral and a private donation.

The Lyghfield Bible was written in the Late-13th-Century on high quality parchment, or vellum, which is almost tissue-like in quality. The fine Latin script and extensive and very fine illumination was probably produced in Paris, one of the Mediaeval centres for this type of work.

The Bible is pocket-sized and, as such, was designed for personal use, possibly whilst travelling. The Volume formed part of The Collection of The Mediaeval Monastery of the Cathedral in the

16th-Century, but may well have been in Canterbury well before that time.

As the Cathedral’s Monastic Community was disbanded during The Reformation, the Library and Book Collection of Canterbury Cathedral were dispersed, with many Volumes destroyed, or taken apart for the re-use of their materials [Editor: The Reformation was such a wonderful, wonderful thing, don't you think ?].

Exactly what happened to The Lyghfield Bible requires further investigation, but now it is back to join the very small percentage of The Book Collection that survived, amounting to some thirty Volumes from the thousands that were once held [Editor: Again, The Reformation was such a wonderful thing, don't you think ?].

The Lyghfield Bible is the only complete Bible from The Mediaeval Book Collection which is now at the Cathedral, and is part of a collection which is inscribed on The UNESCO UK Memory Of The World Register. It is the finest example of a complete Illuminated Book from that Collection and it is planned that it will be displayed in the new Exhibition Area being developed at the Cathedral, as part of The Canterbury Journey Project.

Canterbury Cathedral's Head of Archives and Library, Cressida Williams, said: “We are very grateful to the support from Funders. It is of the utmost significance to us to have here in our Collections a Copy of the core Christian Text, which was owned by one of the last Monks of The Medieval Monastic Community. The Bible bears witness to the upheavals of The Reformation, a time which defined what the Cathedral is today, and will have a key role in telling visitors our story.”

Sir Peter Luff, Chair of The National Heritage Memorial Fund, said: “Not only an incredibly rare Book, directly linked to one the most turbulent periods of British history, The Lyghfield Bible is also exquisitely beautiful. We at The National Heritage Memorial Fund agreed it was imperative it should be saved for the Nation and returned home to Canterbury, where its important story can be told to future generations of visitors, pilgrims and students.”