Description: This 2 piece lot contains a Mach 21, 2000 letter signed by English Catholic Abbot Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard, OSB on the occasion of the death of Abbot John Roberts. Included in this lot is the accompanying photocopied article that was included with the handwritten signed letter. These vintage original items are from the estate of an ecclesiastical memorabilia collector. Please see our other eBay listings. We combine shipping when possible. From Wikipedia: “Downside Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in England and the senior community of the English Benedictine Congregation. Until 2019, the community had close links with Downside School, for the education of children aged eleven to eighteen. Both the abbey and the school are at Stratton-on-the-Fosse, between Westfield and Shepton Mallet in Somerset, South West England. In 2020, the monastic community announced that it would move away from the present monastery and seek a new place to live.[1] In October 2021, the monastic community further announced that as part of their transition they would move in Spring of 2022 to the temporary accommodation of "Southgate House, in the grounds of Buckfast Abbey, Devon, where we will live as the Community of St Gregory the Great".[2] As of 2020, the monastic community of Downside Abbey was home to fifteen monks.[3] The Abbey Church of St Gregory the Great, begun in 1873 and unfinished, is a Grade I listed building. Sir Nikolaus Pevsner described its Gothic style as "the most splendid demonstration of the renaissance of Roman Catholicism in England. Superiors: John Bede Polding (later Archbishop of Sydney) (1805–19) Prior/Abbot Edmund Ford (1894–1906) Abbot Cuthbert Butler (1906–22) Abbot Leander Ramsay (1922–29) Abbot John Chapman (1929–33) Abbot Bruno Hicks (1933–38) Abbot Sigebert Trafford (1938–46) Abbot (later Bishop) Christopher Butler (1946–66) Abbot Wilfrid Passmore (1966–74) Abbot John Roberts (1974–90) Abbot Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard (1990–98) Abbot Richard Yeo (1998–2006) Abbot Aidan Bellenger (2006–14) Prior Administrator Leo Maidlow Davis (2014–18) Prior/Abbot Nicholas Wetz (Prior Administrator 2018–20, Abbot 2020–).”
Price: 10 USD
Location: Pittston, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-11-24T17:36:04.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Industry: Historical
Signed by: Abbot Charles Fitzgerald-Lombard
Signed: Yes
Original/Reproduction: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
