Roesia de Verdun monument - St John the Baptist - Belton, Leicestershire
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N 52° 46.990 W 001° 20.263
30U E 612110 N 5849444
Monument to Roesia de Verdun, foundress of Grace Dieu Priory, St John the Baptist church, Belton.
Waymark Code: WMV3W3
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/19/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Dorcadion Team
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"Fine MONUMENT to Roesia de Verdun, dated 1248, foundress of Grace Dieu Priory. Heavily restored and mounted on new base 1912. Recumbent carved effigy, wearing a wimple, with cusped canopy on shafts. Sides of canopy are carved with kneeling figures of nuns and the scene of Christ's baptism. Base also has carved scene, probably that of the 2 Maries at Christ's tomb."

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