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Shrine of Saint Margaret Clitherow

Yorkshire And The Humber

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Shrine of Saint Margaret Clitherow

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Shrine of Saint Margaret Clitherow

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Location: York, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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June 26, 2023

The small, somewhat hidden chapel commemorates Saint Margaret Clitherow, whose home was here in the Shambles. She hid Catholic priests in England during the Reformation and was cruelly executed for it on March 25, 1586 in York. She was martyred by Pope Paul VI in 1970. canonized.

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June 3, 2025

One of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales, Margaret Clitherow was executed at the west end of the modern-day Ouse Bridge. Her house may actually have been either this one with the plaque, or the one opposite, as the Shambles was renumbered in the 18th century.
bbc.co.uk/northyorkshire/content/articles/2008/10/08/saint_margaret_clitherow_feature.shtml
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Clitherow

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Shrine of Saint Margaret Clitherow

1. Historic Centre of York – York Minster loop from York

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