“Wow.”Janina Ramirez, a historian, was also seeing for the first time the cathedral’s new display of the coffin of St Cuthbert. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Marie-Therese Mayne looks at St Cuthbert’s gold and garnet pectoral cross at Durham Cathedral Photograph: Owen Humphreys/PAHe did not rest in peace. In 995, after wandering for a century, they settled in Durham where his shrine became a major pilgrimage site. The shrine was destroyed in the dissolution, but unusually Cuthbert’s relics were left to be disturbed again in the 19th century when the wooden coffin was removed. * Treasures of St Cuthbert, Durham Cathedral, is open daily from 29 July.

Source: The Guardian July 28, 2017 15:26 UTC