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St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham
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The Metropolitan Cathedral Church and Basilica of Saint Chad is a Catholic cathedral in Birmingham, England. It is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Birmingham and is dedicated to Saint Chad of Mercia.
St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham
St Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham
The west front
The west front
The nave
The nave
The apse
The apse
Chad of Mercia
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Chad was a prominent 7th-century Anglo-Saxon Catholic monk who became abbot of several monasteries, Bishop of the Northumbrians and subsequently Bishop of the Mercians and Lindsey People. He was later canonised as a saint.
Stained glass depiction from Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, New York
Stained glass depiction from Holy Cross Monastery, West Park, New York
From a late copy of The old Englisch Homely on the life of St. Chad, c. 1200, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford
From a late copy of The old Englisch Homely on the life of St. Chad, c. 1200, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford
The altar in the crypt of the Church of St Mary, Lastingham, probable site of the early Anglo-Saxon church where Cedd and Chad officiated at Eucharist
The altar in the crypt of the Church of St Mary, Lastingham, probable site of the early Anglo-Saxon church where Cedd and Chad officiated at Eucharist.
St Chad (left), alongside Mercian kings Peada and Wulfhere, as portrayed in 19th century sculpture above the western entrance to Lichfield Cathedral.
St Chad (left), alongside Mercian kings Peada and Wulfhere, as portrayed in 19th century sculpture above the western entrance to Lichfield Cathedral.