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Key Image St Etheldreda
14 Ely Place
EC1N 6RY London (Camden (Holborn))
United Kingdom
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Congregation: St Etheldreda’s Church
Geogr. Coordinates: 51.5187° N, 0.10742° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1290
Architectural style: Gothic
Building type: Single-nave church
Description: Gothic single-nave church
Name derivation: From St Etheldreda (abbess of Ely, 7th cent.)
History:
About 1290:   Built as a private chapel to the bishop of Ely
1874:   Acquisition by the Fathers of the Institute of Charity (Rosminians), renewed consecration as a Roman-catholic church, restoration
23/06/1878:   Erste katholische Messe nach über 200 Jahren
10/05/1941:   Bombenschäden im Zweiten Weltkrieg
Important persons:
Patron:  Æthelthryth of Ely (635–679, abbess of Ely (also: Etheldreda, Ethelreda, Ediltrudis, Edeltraud))
Sources
St Etheldreda: Web-Site der Kirche, http://www.stetheldreda.com/index.php/history-of-st-etheldredas/, retrieved 25/10/2017
Tucker, Tony: City of London Churches, Guidelines Books, Stoke-on-Trent 2013, pp. 107–108
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