Local Studies Group
Monday April 27th, 2015
7.30pm in the Parish Rooms
Hailes Abbey and the Mystery of the Holy Blood
A talk by David Aldred
From 1270 to 1538 the Cistercian Hailes Abbey contained a shrine to a phial of Holy Blood which, on Dissolution, was declared a fake. What was the story behind the relic, the Abbey’s fortunes and its eventual destruction?
(A copy of the poster can be found here)