64lbs of costly candle wax was allocated to the #ClareCastle chapel for the feast of #Candlemas, a favourite of the #LadyOfClare, when light blazed in midwinter & candles were brought to be blessed.
She would have been familiar with this #CanterburyCathedral window depicting the Presentation of Christ in the Temple - very tall candles here!
After #ThomasBecket was assassinated in #CanterburyCathedral on 29 Dec 1170, reports of miraculous healing started to circulate within a week, and pilgrim numbers soared. The vibrant colours of the #StainedGlass windows around his shrine may have seemed almost as wondrous to #medieval visitors as the #miracles they depict.
Today is the feast of St #ThomasBecket, assassinated in #CanterburyCathedral#OTD 1170. Reports of miraculous healing started to circulate within a week. The vibrant #StainedGlass windows around his shrine may have seemed almost as wondrous to visiting pilgrims as the #miracles they depict.