May
08
/ 2021
St Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire is the oldest site of continuous Christian worship in Britain and work to restore its rare medieval shrine has just been completed. But the addition of a new carving wearing a face mask is both tacky and distasteful and is akin to the masked Santa and Easter Bunny merchandise and more that we’ve been plagued with since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak. The St Albans Cathedral website announced that the medieval shrine of St Amphibalus, located near the shrine of St Alban, Britain’s first Saint, has been restored to its former glory. But clearly the addition of a masked man to the precious shrine has not been with historical likeness in mind. “Amongst the
