Old St. Paul's Cathedral
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Old St. Paul's Cathedral is by William Benham. The contents list chapters titled The Building, The Precincts and The Interior of Old St. Paul's, and Historical Memories to the Accession of the Tudors and of the Tudor Period. The text says that old tradition has it that the principal temple was dedicated to Diana, and that in the days of Edward III., in the course of some exhumations, vast quantities of bones of cattle and stags' horns were found, which were assumed to be the remains of sacrifices to the goddess.
The text says that when Charles V. came to England, in 1522, Wolsey again said Mass at St. Paul's, with twenty bishops to cense him. The text says that Skelton, the poet, who hated Wolsey, wrote a distich: Gentle Paul, lay down thy sword, For Peter, of Westminster, hath shaven thy beard.
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- William Benham
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- 123
- Language
- English
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- European History
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