She'll Have Fun, Fun, Fun, 'Til Her Daddy Takes The T-Bird Away.

T-Bird.

1959 Ford Thunderbird Convertible in Brandywine Red (code R)

with Red vinyl seat bolsters and White vinyl inserts (code 9X).

Photo by User:Morven at the Fabulous Fords Forever show at Knotts Berry Farm,

Buena Park, California, USA on April 17, 2005.

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Fun, Fun, Fun,
by
The Beach Boys,
1964.
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Saint Martina. Feast Day, Today, 30 January. Virgin And Martyr.

Roman Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.

Italic Text is from "The Liturgical Year",
by Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.
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Christmas.
Book II.
Fourth Edition.
Volume 3.

Bold Italic Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Madonna and Child with Saint Martina and Saint Agnes.

Artist: El Greco (1541–1614).

Date: 1597-1599.

Current location: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.,

United States of America.

Source: [1]

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Martina of Rome was a Roman Martyr, under Emperor Alexander Severus. She is a Patron Saint of Rome.

She was Martyred in 226 A.D., according to some authorities, more probably in 228 A.D., under the Pontificate of Pope Urban I, according to others. The daughter of an ex-Consul, and orphaned at an early age, she so openly testified to her Christian Faith that she could not escape the persecutions under Alexander Severus. Arrested and commanded to return to idolatry, she refused, whereupon she was subjected to various tortures and was finally beheaded.

The Relics of Martina were discovered on 25 October 1634, by the painter Pietro da Cortona, in a Crypt of Santi Luca e Martina, situated near the Mamertine Prison and Dedicated to the Saint.[1]

Pope Urban VIII, who occupied The Holy See at that time, had the Church repaired and, it would seem, composed the Hymns which are sung at her Office.

Her Feast Day is 30 January.

The Church of Santi Luca e Martina, Rome.

Photo: March 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Panairjdde (FlagUploader).

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A Fourth Roman Virgin, wearing on her brow a Martyr's Crown, comes today to share the honours given to Agnes, Emerentiana, and Prisca, and offer her Martyr's Palm to The Lamb.

Her name is Martina, which the pagans were wont to give to their daughters in honour of their god of war. Her Sacred Relics repose at the foot of The Capitoline Hill, in the ancient temple of Mars, which has now become the beautiful Church of Saint Martina.

The Holy Ambition to render herself worthy of Him, Whom she had chosen as her Divine Spouse, gave her courage to suffer torments and death for His sake; so that, of her, as of the rest of the Martyrs, we may say those words of The Liturgy, "she washed her robes in The Blood of The Lamb". Our Emmanuel is "the mighty God, the Lord that is mighty in war", not, like the Mars of the pagans, needing  the sword to win his battles.

He vanquishes his enemies by meekness, patience, and innocence, as in the Martyrdom of today's Saint, whose victory was grander than was ever won by Rome's boasted warriors.

This illustrious Virgin, who is one of the Patrons of the City of Rome, is honoured by having her praises sung by one of the Popes. It was Pope Urban VIII who wrote the Hymns which are recited on her Feast, and which we subjoin to the Lessons which recount the glorious combats of our Saint.

English: Interior of the 

Church of Santi Luca e Martina, Rome.

Architect was 

Pietro da Cortona.

Italiano: Chiesa dei Santi Luca e Martina, Roma. Interno.

Architetto: Pietro da Cortona.

This File: 12 February 2006.

User: Torvindus.

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Saint Martina.

Virgin and Martyr.

Feast Day 30 January.

Semi-Double.

Red Vestments.

The Cycle makes us honour today a Virgin, who, by her constancy in the midst of the most atrocious torments, bore witness before all (Introit) to The Divinity of Christ, her Spouse (Gospel). "I  am a Christian," she declares to her executioners, "and I confess Jesus Christ."

The Epistle puts on her lips the words of Wisdom: "Lord, my Saviour, Thou hast become my help and protector." And she, herself, said, in the midst of her sufferings: "I love my Lord Jesus Christ, Who strengthens me."

Saint Martina was beheaded in 228 A.D., and joined in Heaven the train of Virgins who surround The Divine King (Alleluia). Her Remains rest in a former temple of Mars, transformed into a Church, which bears the name of this Virgin, whose name recalls that of the god of war.

Let us arm ourselves, to defend the Divinity of Jesus, with love of Purity.

Mass: Loquébar.

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Wieskirche, Bavaria, Germany.

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unless otherwise stated.

English: Wies Church, Bavaria, Germany.

Deutsch: Wieskirche, Bayern, Deutschland.

Photo: 17 December 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana.

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The Pilgrimage Church of Wies (German: Wieskirche) is an oval Rococo Church, designed in the Late-1740s by Dominikus Zimmermann, who lived nearby for the last eleven years of his life. It is located in the foothills of the Alps, in the municipality of Steingaden, in the Weilheim-Schongau district, Bavaria, Germany.

English: Chapel and Church, Wies, Bavaria, Germany.

Deutsch: Kapelle mit Wieskirche, Steingaden, Bavaria, Germany.

Photo: 14 December 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: Flodur63.

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It is said that, in 1738, tears were seen on a dilapidated wooden figure of The Scourged Saviour. This Miracle resulted in a Pilgrimage rush to see the sculpture. In 1740, a small Chapel was built to house the statue, but it was soon realised that the building would be too small for the number of Pilgrims it attracted, and, so, Steingaden Abbey decided to commission a separate Shrine.

Many who have Prayed in front of the statue of Jesus, on the High Altar, have claimed that people have been miraculously cured of their diseases, which has made this Church even more of a Pilgrimage site.

English: The Scourged Saviour, in its own separate Chapel.

Deutsch: Gnadenbild des gegeißelten Heilandes im Altar der Wieskirch.

Photo: 20 October 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Harro52.

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Construction took place between 1745 and 1754, and the Interior was decorated with frescoes and with stucco work, in the tradition of the Wessobrunner School. "Everything was done throughout the Church to make the Supernatural visible. Sculpture and murals combined to unleash The Divine in visible form".

English: Wies Church, Bavaria, Germany.

Deutsch: Wieskirche, Bayern, Deutschland.

Photo: June 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: Pipimaru.

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There is a popular belief that the Bavarian Government planned to sell, or demolish, the Rococo masterpiece during the secularisation of Bavaria, at the beginning of the 19th-Century, and that only protests from the local farmers saved it from destruction.

Available sources, however, document that the responsible State Commission clearly advocated the continuation of Wies as a Pilgrimage site, even in spite of economic objections from the Abbot of Steingaden.

The Wieskirche was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1983 and underwent extensive restoration between 1985 and 1991.

English: The Pulpit, Wies Church, Bavaria, Germany.

Deutsch: Wieskirche, Bayern, Deutschland.

Photo: 17 December 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana.

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English: The High Altar,

Wies Church, Bavaria, Germany.

Deutsch: Wieskirche, Bayern, Deutschland.

Photo: 17 December 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana.

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Bayeux Cathedral, Normandy, France.

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unless otherwise stated.

English: The Nave, Notre Dame de Bayeux Cathedral, France.

Français: Le nef de la Notre Dame de Bayeux.

Photo: 22 July 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Anton Bielousov.

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English: Bayeux Cathedral, Normandy, France.

Français: Cathédrale de Bayeux (classé, 1862).

Photo: 21 July 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Marianne Casamance.

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English: Bayeux Cathedral, Calvados, Normandy, France.

The High Altar, with The Nave in the backgound.

Français: Notre-Dame de Bayeux, Calvados, Normandie, France.

L'autel majeur néo-classique, avec la nef en arrière-plan.

Photo: 8 September 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Tango7174.

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English: Bayeux Tapestry - Scene 23:

Harold swearing an Oath on Holy Relics to William, Duke of Normandy.

Titulus: UBI HAROLD SACRAMENTUM FECIT WILLELMO DUCI

(Where Harold made an Oath to Duke William).

Français: Tapisserie de Bayeux - Scène 23 :

Harold prête serment à Guillaume, duc de Normandie, sur deux reliquaires.

Légende en latin : UBI HAROLD SACRAMENTUM FECIT WILLELMO DUCI

(Ici Harold prête serment au duc Guillaume).

Photo: 7 March 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: 

Myrabella.

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Bayeux Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux) is a Norman-Romanesque Cathedral, located in the Town of Bayeux. It is the Seat of the Bishop of Bayeux. It was the original home of the Bayeux Tapestry and is a National Monument of France.

English: Notre-Dame de Bayeux Cathedral's Central Tower.

Français: La tour centrale de la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux, vue du sud-est.

Photo: 9 December 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: LeCardinal.

Attribution: 

© LeCardinal, CC-BY

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English: Bayeux Historic Centre: Office of Tourism and Bayeux Cathedral.

Français: Centre ville historique de Bayeux: l'office de tourisme et cathedral.

Русский: Исторический центр Байё.

Photo: 24 July 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Anton Bielousov.

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The site is an ancient one and was once occupied by Roman Sanctuaries. The present Cathedral was Consecrated on 14 July 1077, in the presence of William, Duke of Normandy and King of England. It was here that William forced Harold Godwinson to take the Oath, the breaking of which led to the Norman Conquest of England.

The Nave,

Bayeux Cathedral, France.

Photo: 24 June 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Gerpsych.

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English: Bayeux Cathedral, Calvados, Normandie, France. Gothic choir.

Français: Notre-Dame de Bayeux, Calvados, Normandie, France. Le chœur gothique.

Photo: 8 September 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Tango7174.

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Following serious damage to the Cathedral in the 12th-Century, the Cathedral was rebuilt in the Gothic Style, which is most notable in The Crossing Tower, Transepts and East End. However, despite The Crossing Tower having been started in the 15th-Century, it was not completed until the 19th-Century.

The Great West Door,

Bayeux Cathedral,

Normandy, France.

Date: 5 January 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: KNHaw.

(Wikipedia)

English: Northern Window of the Transept of Bayeux Cathedral.

Stained-Glass Window made by Étienne Thevenot in 1848.

Français: Verrière nord du transept de la cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux.

Vitrail d'Étienne Thevenot réalisé en 1848.

Photo: 8 April 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: © Guillaume Piolle / CC-BY-3.0.

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Rievaulx Abbey.

Rievaulx Abbey,

Yorkshire, England.

Photo: 15 October 2009.

Source: From geograph.org.uk

Author: Simon Palmer

(Wikimedia Commons)

"Salve Regina

By

The Monks Of The Abbey Of Notre Dame.

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Saint Agnes' Second Feast (Sanctae Agnetis Secundo). Feast Day 28 January.

Unless otherwise stated, Text is taken from
"The Liturgical Year", by Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.
Translated from the French by Dom Laurence Shepherd, O.S.B.
Christmas, Book II.
Fourth Edition.
Volume 3.

Saint Agnes.

Artist: Domenichino (1581–1641).

Date: 1620.

Current location: Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, England.

References: The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

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Church of Saint Agnes Outside-the-Walls

(Sant'Agnese fuori le mura),

Rome, Italy.

Photo taken during a survey of Roman Monuments, 1911 [1].

Date: 1911.

This File: 16 November 2005.

User: Panairjdde.

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The following three paragraphs are taken from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

The Church of Saint Agnes Outside-the-Walls (Italian: Sant'Agnese fuori la mura) is a Titulus Church, Minor Basilica, in Rome, on a site sloping down from the Via Nomentana, which runs North-East out of the City, still under its ancient name.

What are said to be the remains of Saint Agnes are below The High Altar. The Church is over one of the Catacombs of Rome, where Saint Agnes was originally buried, and which may still be visited from the Church. The Church was built by Pope Honorius I in the 7th-Century, and largely retains its original structure, despite many changes to the decoration.

In particular, the Mosaic, in the Apse, of Agnes, Honorius and another Pope, is largely in its original condition. The current Cardinal Priest, of the Titulus S. Agnetis Extra moenia, is Camillo Ruini.

Lazzaro Morelli Statue (1661-1662) of Saint Agnes,

atop the Colonnade in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican.

[Editor: Lazzaro Morelli (1619 – 1690) was an Italian Sculptor of the Baroque period.]

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User: Cloudbound.

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English: Saint Agnes.

Spanish: Santa Inés.

Artist: Cesare Dandini (1596–1657).

Source/Photographer: www.pintura.aut.org

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Christmas.
28 January.
Saint Agnes.
Her Second Feast.

Five days after the Martyrdom of the Virgin Emerentiana (Editor: Feast Day 23 January), the parents of the glorious Saint Agnes visited the tomb of their child, during the night. There to weep and Pray. It was the eighth day since Saint Agnes' Martyrdom.

Whilst they were thinking upon the cruel death, which, though it enriched their child with a Martyr's Palm, had deprived them of her society, Agnes suddenly appeared to them: She was encircled with a bright light, and wore a Crown on her head, and was surrounded by a Choir of Virgins of dazzling beauty. On her Right-Hand, there stood a beautiful White Lamb, the emblem of The Divine Spouse of Agnes.

Turning towards her parents, she said to them: "Weep not over my death: For I am now in Heaven, together with these Virgins, living with Him whom I loved on Earth with my whole Soul."

It is to Commemorate this glorious apparition that The Holy Church has instituted this Feast, which is called Saint Agnes' Second Feast (Sanctae Agnetis Secundo). Let us Pray to this fervent spouse of The Divine Lamb, that she intercede for us with Him, and present us to Him in this Life, until it be given to us to possess Him face-to-face in Heaven. Let us unite with The Church in the following Prayer, which she uses in today's Office:

Antiphon.
Stans a dextris ejus Agnus nive candidior.
Christus sibi Sponsam et Martyrem consecravit.

Versicle.
Specie tua, et pulchritudine tua.

Responsary.
Intende, prospere procede et regna.

Oremus.
Deus qui nos annua beatae Agnetis
Virginis et Martyris tuae solemnitate laetificas:
da quaesumus, ut quam veneramur officio,
etiam piae conversationis sequamur exemplo.
Per Christum Dominum nostrum.
Amen.

Antiphon.
Standing at her Right-Hand,
as a Lamb Whiter than Snow,
Christ consecrated her to Himself
as His Spouse and Martyr.

Versicle.
With thy comeliness and thy beauty.

Responsory.
Set out, proceed prosperously, and reign.

Let Us Pray.
O God, Who rejoicest us
by the yearly Solemnity of Blessed Agnes,
the Virgin and Martyr: Grant, we beseech Thee,
that we may imitate her life,
to whose memory we pay this honour.
Through Christ Our Lord.
Amen.

Rievaulx Abbey.

Rievaulx Abbey,

Yorkshire, England.

Photo: 15 October 2009.

Source: From geograph.org.uk

Author: Simon Palmer

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" Silencium"

by 

John Harles.

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17th-Century Turkish Woven Chasuble.

Date: 17th-Century.

Geography: Turkey.

Culture: Islamic.

Medium: Silk, metal wrapped thread; lampas (kemha).

Dimensions: Textile: H. 46 in. (116.8 cm) W. 27 1/2 in. (69.9 cm).

Classification: Textiles-Woven.

Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906.

Accession Number: 06.1210.

Image: THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

The following Text is taken from THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

A large number of Ottoman Silk Textiles were destined for export to Europe, where they functioned as Secular and Religious Garments. This Chasuble, an Ecclesiastical Vestment worn by High Church Officials, is a fine example of the synthesis of Eastern and Western displays of wealth through the donning of Silk and Gold Garments.

The design features large-scale Palmettes and Serrated Leaves imbued with tiny Pomegranate Blossoms, highlighted by Gold-Wrapped Weft Threads. The elegant contrast between Sky Blue and Crimson is achieved through the Lampas (Kemha) Technique, which combines two different Weave Structures to create Solid Areas of Colour by floating the Unused Warp Threads on the back of the Cloth.

A Little Levity To Lighten Your Day.

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18th-Century Embroidered Italian Chasuble.

Italian Chasuble.

Date: 18th-Century.

Culture: Italian, probably Sicily.

Medium: Silk, metallic thread.

Dimensions: W. 29 in. (73.7 cm); L. of shoulder to hem 43 3/4 in. (111.1 cm).

Classification: Textiles-Embroidered.

Credit Line: Gift of Catherine M. Randazzo Guirreri and John J. Randazzo,

in memory of the Saverio Randazzo Family, 1984.

Accession Number: 1984.462.1.

Image: THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

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According to Tradition and Testimony, this Chasuble — together with its matching Stole, Maniple, Chalice Veil, and Burse — was made in Sicily, as a gift from his Bishop for Nicolo Spedaliere (also recorded as Spitaleri), Head Priest of the Mother Church of Partanna, Sicily.

It is entirely feasible that the Vestments were made by a Women's Religious Order, or at a School, that practiced this type of Embroidery. The nearly symmetrical pattern of full-blown, semi-naturalistic flowers, small blossoms, curving leaves, and scrolls, is characteristic of the Late-Baroque Ornamentation that appears on some Sicilian Vestments and Italian Vestments from the Late-17th- to the Mid-18th-Century.

Similarly typical is the combination of Painterly Polychrome Silk Embroidery, worked in Long- and Short-Stitches and French Knots, with Metal Thread couched in a variety of Patterns. Although the Chasuble maintains its Traditional Surface Division into Central Orphrey and Side Panels, which previously may have been of different materials, there is no structural reason to do so, as the entire Decoration is Embroidered and the Pattern flows over these boundaries.

Saint Anthony Of Padua. Confessor And Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 13 June.

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Saint Anthony of Padua.

Doctor of The Church.

Hammer of Heretics.

Professor of Miracles.

Pray for us.
Image: UNA VOCE OF GREATER SAN ANTONIO

Saint Anthony of Padua, O.F.M. (born Fernando Martins de Bulhões; 15 August 1195 – 13 June 1231), also known as Anthony of Lisbon, was a Portuguese Catholic Priest and Friar of The Franciscan Order. He was born and raised by a wealthy family in Lisbon and died in Padua, Italy.

He was noted by his contemporaries for his forceful Preaching and expert knowledge of Scripture, he was the second-most-quickly Canonised Saint, after Peter of Verona. He was proclaimed a Doctor of The Church on 16 January 1946. He is also the Patron Saint of finding things or lost people.

Requiem Mass For King Richard III.

Sainte Chapelle, Paris, France. Royal Mediaeval Gothic Chapel.

Sainte Chapelle is a Royal Mediaeval Gothic Chapel, in Paris, France,

and one of the most famous Monuments in the City.

Photo: 5 August 2014.
Picture Credit: LAPAS77/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

O, Magnum Mysterium.

O, Magnum Mysterium.

Morten Lauridsen.

Kings College, Cambridge.

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Whitby Abbey. Saint Hilda Of Whitby.

Text is from Wikipedia -the free encyclopaedia,

unless otherwise stated.

Whitby Abbey, 

Yorkshire, England, 

at Sunset.

Photo: 12 April 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Ackers72.

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Within the beautiful Abbey at Whitby, from the 7th-Century to the 16th-Century, many Divine Prayers and Hymns were said and sung by the Community of Monks and Nuns (it was a Double Monastery). Initially, the Head of the Double Monastery was a woman, Abbess Hilda.

A Stained-Glass Window, depicting Saint Hilda,

in Gloucester Cathedral, by Christopher Whall.

Photo: 17 May 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Weglinde.

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Hilda of Whitby, or Hild of Whitby (circa 614 A.D. – 680 A.D.), is a Christian Saint and the Founding Abbess of the Monastery at Whitby, which was chosen as the venue for The Synod of Whitby in 664 A.D. An important figure in The Conversion of England to Christianity, she was Abbess at several Monasteries and recognised for the wisdom that drew Kings to her for advice.

The source of information about Hilda is The Ecclesiastical History of The English, by The Venerable Bede, in 731 A.D., who was born approximately eight years before her death.

He documented much of the Christian Conversion of The Anglo-Saxons.

Whitby Abbey is a ruined Benedictine Abbey overlooking the North Sea, on the East Cliff above Whitby, in North Yorkshire, England. It was dis-established during The Dissolution of The Monasteries, under the auspices of King Henry VIII.

It is a Grade I Listed Building in the care of English Heritage and its Site Museum is housed in Cholmley House.

The first Monastery, at Streoneshalh (the older name for Whitby), was founded in 657 A.D., by the Anglo-Saxon King of Northumbria, Oswy (Oswiu). He appointed Lady Hilda, Abbess of Hartlepool Abbey and grand-niece of Edwin, the first Christian King of Northumbria, as Founding Abbess.

English: The Ruins of Whitby Abbey.

Project Gutenberg eText 16785.

Español: Ruinas de Streonæshalch (Abadía de Whitby).

Source: From The Project Gutenberg EBook of Our Catholic Heritage in

English Literature of Pre-Conquest Days, by Emily Hickey.

http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/16785

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The name "Streoneshalh" is thought to signify Fort Bay, or Tower Bay, in reference to a supposed Roman Settlement that previously existed on the site. This contention has never been proven and alternative theories have been proposed, such as the name meaning Streona's Settlement. Some believe that the name referred to Eadric Streona, but this is highly unlikely for chronological reasons; Streona died in 1017, so the naming of Streoneshalh would have preceded his birth by several hundred years.

The Double Monastery, of Celtic Monks and Nuns, was home to the great Northumbrian poet Caedmon. In 664 A.D., the Synod of Whitby - at which King Oswiu ruled that the Northumbrian Church would adopt the Roman calculation of Easter and Monastic Tonsure - took place at the Abbey.

Streoneshalch was laid waste by Danes in successive raids between 867 A.D. and 870 A.D., under Ingwar and Ubba, and remained desolate for more than 200 years. The existence of 'Prestebi', meaning the habitation of Priests, in Old Norse, in the Domesday Survey, may point to the revival of Religious Life since Danish times. The old Monastery, given to Reinfrid, comprised about forty ruined Monasteria vel oratoria, similar to Irish Monastic ruins, with numerous Chapels and Cells.

Ruins of Whitby Abbey,

Yorkshire, England.

Photo: 29 October 2007.

Source: Whitby Abbey 1.

Author: Chris Kirk.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Reinfrid, a Soldier of William the Conqueror, became a Monk and travelled to Streoneshalh, which was then known as Prestebi or Hwitebi (the "White Settlement" in Old Norse). He approached William de Percy, who gave him the ruined Monastery of Saint Peter, with two Carucates of land, to Found a new Monastery. Serlo de Percy, the Founder's brother, joined Reinfrid at the new Monastery, which followed The Benedictine Rule.

The second Monastery lasted until it was destroyed by King Henry VIII, in 1540, during The Dissolution of The Monasteries. Though the Abbey fell into ruin, it remained a prominent landmark for Sailors and helped inspire Bram Stoker's Dracula. The ruins are now owned and maintained by English Heritage.

The Imperial German Navy's Battlecruiser, SMS Von der Tann, at anchor.

The photo was probably taken during Von der Tann´s cruise to South America in 1911.

The Von der Tann bombarded Whitby (and Whitby Abbey) in December 1914.

Source: This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's

Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ggbain.16927.

Author: B. Hopkins.

This File: 30 November 2006.

User: Balcer.

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English: The Imperial German Battlecruiser, SMS Derfflinger,

interned at Scapa Flow, Orkney Isles, Scotland.

Suomi: Saksalainen taisteluristeilijä SMS Derfflinger.

The Derfflinger 

bombarded Whitby (and Whitby Abbey) in December 1914.

Date: 1918/1919.

Source: Scanned from: 

Herwig, Holger (1980) "Luxury" Fleet: The Imperial German Navy

1888-1918, Amherst, New York: Humanity Books ISBN: 9781573922869.

Page 82. Image is credited as an Imperial War Museum photograph.

Author: Unknown.

This File: 15 October 2012.

User: Parsecboy.

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In December 1914, Whitby Abbey was shelled by the German Battlecruisers Von der Tann and Derfflinger, who were aiming for the Signal Post on the end of the Headland. Scarborough and Hartlepool were also attacked. The Abbey sustained considerable damage during the ten minute attack, the BBC included before and after photographs as part of the First World War Centenary.

Fountains Abbey, 

Yorkshire, England,

was the Mother House of Whitby Abbey.

Photo: 28 June 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: Diliff.

Attribution: "Photo by DAVID ILIFF.

License: CC-BY-SA 3.0".

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Whitby Abbey was rendered famous in fiction by Bram Stoker's 1897 novel "Dracula", as Dracula came ashore there, as a creature resembling a large dog, and proceeded to climb the 199 steps which lead up to the ruins.

The original gift of William de Percy not only included the Monastery of Saint Peter, at Streoneshalch, but the Town and Port of Whitby, with its Parish Church of Saint Mary and six dependent Chapels at Fyling, Hawsker, Sneaton, Ugglebarnby, Dunsley, and Aislaby, five mills, including Ruswarp, the Town of Hackness, with two Mills, and the Parish Church of Saint Mary, and the Church of Saint Peter, at Hackness, "where our Monks served God, died, and were buried," and various other gifts enumerated in the "Memorial" in the Abbot's Book.

The first Prior, Reinfrid, ruled for many years, before being killed in an accident. He was buried at the Church of Saint Peter, at Hackness. He was succeeded as Prior by Serlo de Percy.