St Gregory the Great - Burgate, Canterbury, Kent, UK
N 51° 16.703 E 001° 04.978
31U E 366294 N 5682527
This relief carving is attached to the northern wall of the St Thomas of Canterbury church.
Waymark Code: WME60E
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/08/2012
Views: 6
The statue, that is about one-and-a-half times life size is carved from white stone. The plaque, beneath the carving shows that the piece is entitled 'St Gregory the Great with an Anglian slave in the Roman Forum'.
The plaque reads:
"St Gregory the Great with an Anglian slave
in the Roman Forum
This relief was transferred within the Catholic Parish
of Canterbury from St Gregory's Catholic Chapel,
Chartham (on the closure of St Augustine's Hospital,
Chartham in 1994)
to St Thomas' Catholic Church Canterbury
where it was blessed
on the feast of St Augustine of Canterbury,
Tuesday, 27th May, 1997
by the Most Reverend Michael G Bowen, STL, PhL,
Archbishop of Southwark and Metropolitan
during the celebrations to mark the 1400th anniversary
of the arrival of St Augustine in Kent in AD 597
who was sent by Pope St Gregory the Great
to convert the English".
The carving shows St Gregory and the boy within an arch in the shape of a boat stood on its stern. St Gregory is in robes with a cross hung around his neck. His right hand is raised in a symbol of peace and his left had rests on the boy's left shoulder. The boy is dressed in peasant clothes of the day and has his arms crossed across his stomach.
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Where is this sculpture?:
St Thomas' Church
Burgate
Canterbury, Kent United Kingdom
Date Sculpture was opened for vewing?: Not listed
Website for sculpture?: Not listed
Sculptors Name: Not listed
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