The chapel was dedicated to the cult of saint Erasmus of Formia, and likely contained gruesome images of his alleged death by disembowelment - and perhaps even one of his teeth as a relic, the Abbey's historians said.
Friday 2 December 2022
Westminster Abbey’s lost mediaeval chapel and royal burial site reconstructed
The chapel was dedicated to the cult of saint Erasmus of Formia, and likely contained gruesome images of his alleged death by disembowelment - and perhaps even one of his teeth as a relic, the Abbey's historians said.
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