Chalice Of Crossdrum
The Chalice of Crossdrum is a lost 18th century Roman Catholic Latin liturgical rites, liturgical vessel from Ireland. Physical description The chalice itself is described as, History The Chalice of Crossdrum was found in 1750 in Crossdrum, near Oldcastle, County Meath, Ireland. The chalice was found in a cave, beside a priest's skeleton, along with other liturgical items, including a chasuble, an altar-stone, a crucifix, and candlesticks. Given its location, scene of discovery, and relative dates of the artifacts, scholars generally concur that the discovered priest was likely a Jesuit who covertly provided the sacraments to local Catholics during the Cromwellian period, when such activities were proscribed by the state. The man who made the discovery, Hugh Reilly, handed the discovery over to his brother, the Rev. Bartholomew Reilly, a parish priest in Co. Meath. The priest's skeleton was sacramentally buried, and the location of the other discovered items remains unk ...
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The Lost Chalice Of Crossdrum
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