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Africa-Press – Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The chapel, which only existed for a couple of decades before being demolished, receives only “passing mention in abbey histories”. Some elements of this chapel apparently survived until today.<\/p>\n

Research conducted by scholars in the United Kingdom has shed light on the history of a long-gone chapel that was once part of the famous Westminster Abbey.<\/p>\n

Dedicated to St. Erasmus of Formia, the chapel was constructed in the 1470s at the behest of Queen Consort Elizabeth Woodville, wife of King Edward IV, and was demolished in 1502 in order to clear space for the building of the new version of the Lady Chapel.<\/p>\n

\u201cVery little attention has been paid to this short-lived chapel,\u201d explained Westminster Abbey archivist Matthew Payne and English historian and author John Goodall, authors of the new study published in the Journal of the British Archaeological Association on November 30.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt receives only passing mention in abbey histories, despite the survival of elements of the reredos, apparently rescued by Abbot Islip in 1502\u201303 and repositioned above the entrance to another little (royal) chapel, that of Our Lady of the Pew off the north ambulatory of the main church,\u201d the scholars add. \u201cThe quality of workmanship on this survival suggests that investigation of the original chapel is long overdue.\u201d<\/p>\n

The royal chapel\u2019s dedication to St. Erasmus, patron saint of mariners, may reflect King Edward\u2019s and Queen Elizabeth\u2019s thanks for the monarch\u2019s \u201csafe passage over the sea in 1471\u201d or perhaps for the health of their children, as one of the feats attributed to the saint was him resurrecting \u201cthe child of a gentleman\u201d, the study noted.<\/p>\n

Payne and Goodall also suggest that the chapel\u2019s dedication reflects the \u201cnew and rapidly growing devotion\u201d to the cult of St. Erasmus in England in the 15th century.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the second half of the 15th century his cult became very popular throughout southern England, with significant altars and images dedicated to him at Faversham in Kent, in All Saints, High Wycombe, in St John\u2019s, Glastonbury and elsewhere, and numerous depictions of his story appearing on wall paintings and alabasters,\u201d they wrote.<\/p>\n

The scholars also argued that the presence of a statue of St. Erasmus at the Lady Chapel may be \u201ca nod\u201d towards the St. Erasmus chapel that once stood in nearly the same spot.<\/p>\n

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