Originally, the church members believed the painting was a 19th century copy of the Botticelli original. Tests done by the Centre for Research and Restoration of the Museums of France, including ...

The original by the hand of Botticelli himself ... de Restauration des Musées de France on the once-inconspicuous church painting used binocular microscopy, micro-sampling, and X-ray analysis ...

The painting was a recent acquisition by the ... The kneelers were constructed from the altar rail of the original church. The shrine was blessed by the Rev. J. Stephen Vallelonga in 2024 and ...

These paintings, of cherubs and festoons ... one of many renovations and redecorations the church has gone through over the years, but that the original décor was elaborate.

A new portrait of St Melangell by professional artist Stephen Hopper was unveiled in the Shrine Church of St Melangell on Sunday 25 May.

Founded by St Wilfrid in AD 674, the original church at Hexham was constructed from stones taken from Hadrian's Wall. All that remains of the original building is the crypt. Much of the present ...