Clerkenwell, GB

St Peter's Italian Church

A piece of Italy in London. The church is of a scale and significance belied by its modest contribution to the townscape; hemmed in by other buildings, only the (later) narrow entrance front and loggia are visible. The design was conceived in the early 1850s, soon after the restoration of the Catholic hierarchy, when sensitivities about the ‘papal aggression' were still high. It was modelled on the basilica of San Crisogono in Trastevere. Built in 1862-63, it was still the largest Catholic church hitherto in Great Britain.

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St Etheldreda

St Etheldreda's is the oldest Catholic church in England and one of only two remaining buildings in London from the reign of Edward I.
The church was built in 1290 by John De Kirkeby, Bishop of Ely. It is here that Shakespeare has John O'Gaunt making one of the finest speeches in the English language; ‘This blessed plot, this Earth, this realm, this England'.

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