Durham Religious Light Card

Durham Religious Light Card. A5 vertical greeting card with an Autumn photograph of Durham Cathedral and the DLI Memorial Cross, taken from Palace Green. The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham, is more commonly referred to, as Durham Cathedral and is the home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert. The present Norman era Cathedral had started to be built in 1093, replacing the city’s previous ‘White Church’. Durham Cathedral’s relics include: Saint Cuthbert‘s, transported to Durham by Lindisfarne monks in the 800s; Saint Oswald’s head and the Venerable Bede‘s remains. In 1986 both Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

This photograph of Durham Cathedral was taken on a bright sunny autumn day. The photograph shows the main visitor entrance into the Cathedral, coming in from Palace Green and also the outside of the Galilee Chapel. Standing to the right of the Cathedral is the DLI Memorial Cross. This stone Celtic-syle cross is located by Durham Cathedral, just south-west of Palace Green. This is a war memorial dedicated to the soldiers of the Durham Light Infantry who died in the Second Boer War (1899 – 1902). The memorial is Grade II listed. Inside the Cathedral is a Chapel dedicated to the Durham Light Infantry.

The present cathedral was designed and built under William de St-Calais, who in 1080 was appointed as the first Prince-Bishop by King William the Conqueror. In 1083 he founded the Benedictine Priory of St. Cuthbert at Durham and having ejected the secular canons, who had been in charge of the church and shrine of St Cuthbert there, and replaced them with monks from the monasteries of Wearmouth and Jarrow. Bishop William of St. Calais demolished the old Saxon church, and on 11 August 1093, together with Prior Turgot of Durham (Aldwin’s successor), he laid the foundation stone of the great new cathedral. Stone for the new buildings was cut from the cliffs below the walls and moved up using winches.The primary reason for the cathedral was to house the bodies of both St. Cuthbert and the Venerable Bede.

Durham Religious Light Card, the greeting card, comes in a clear cello bag, with a white envelope. The card is left Blank Inside for your own message.

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