Peterborough Cathedral
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Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew, and formerly known as Peterborough Abbey or St Peter's Abbey, is a cathedral in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire,
Peterborough Cathedral
The nave
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The choir
Catherine of Aragon
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Catherine of Aragon was Queen of England as the first wife of Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 until its annulment on 23 May 1533. She had previously been Princess of Wales as the wife o
Peterborough Cathedral
…of the Anglican Diocese of Peterborough. The last Abbot of Peterborough, John Chambers, became the first Bishop of Peterborough. Henry's former wife, Catherine of Aragon, had been buried there in 1536. Her tomb was damaged in 1643 and restored in the 19th century. To this day, her grave is honoured by visitors who…
Portrait by Lucas Horenbout, c. 1525
Portrait by Juan de Flandes thought to be of 11-year-old Catherine. She resembles her sister Joanna.
Portrait, possibly of Catherine of Aragon c. 1502, or Mary Tudor, Queen of France, c. 1514 Michael Sittow
16th-century woodcut of the coronation of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon showing their heraldic badges, the Tudor rose and the Pomegranate of Granada