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One Foot in the Cloister

by a Monk on the Mission

Tag: Hadrian IV

Plagues, Interdicts, Omissions and Possibilities

30 March 2020 — Posted inChurch life, Liturgy — 11 min read

IN THE MID-14th century the Black Death swept through Europe. Between 30 and 60% of Europe’s population perished, and perhaps even as many as 200 million people died if the Near East is included in the calculations. It would be scores of years before […]

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Sydney-born monk and priest of Douai Abbey in Berkshire (England), serving on the monastery parish at Scarisbrick in Lancashire.

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