The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . ve said the churchunder consideration was probably dedicated, was born atComa, in Upper Egypt, in the year of our era 251. Whenquite young, he sold all his possessions and gave the pro-ceeds to the poor in compliance with a passage in theholy writings, which he heard accidentally. He then re-tired to a ruined tomb in a gloomy solitude, where, with theearth for his couch and dry bread for food, he endeavouredto conquer his passions and correct his evil thoughts. After-wards he spent twenty years
The churches of London: a history and description of the ecclesiastical edifices of the metropolis . ve said the churchunder consideration was probably dedicated, was born atComa, in Upper Egypt, in the year of our era 251. Whenquite young, he sold all his possessions and gave the pro-ceeds to the poor in compliance with a passage in theholy writings, which he heard accidentally. He then re-tired to a ruined tomb in a gloomy solitude, where, with theearth for his couch and dry bread for food, he endeavouredto conquer his passions and correct his evil thoughts. After-wards he spent twenty years in a dilapidated fortress, seeingonly one human being during that time, who is said to havebrought him bread once in every six months. This extra-ordinary devotion rendered his name famous, and beingentreated to establish a monastery where others might 4 ST. ANTHOLINS, WATLING STREET. follow the rules he had laid down for his own guidance,he complied with the request, and before his death (whichdid not happen until he was 105 years old,) he had nu-merous followers in various parts of the The church which was originally known as St. An-thonys or St. Anthonines and is now corruptly calledSt. Antholins, stands at the east end of Watling Street, ST. ANTHOLINS, WATLING STREET. 5 at the corner of Sise Lane. The date of its foundationis not known ; hut that it is of great antiquity may beproved from a document written by command of Ralph deDiceto, who was Dean of St. Pauls at the end of the 12thcentury, describing the state of the building at that The church was rebuilt about the year 1399, by SirThomas Knowles, Mayor of London, and his son, who wereafterwards both buried within it. It appears to have been againerected in 1513 by John Tate, a mercer, and it is recordedby Strype that in 1623, a very rich and beautiful gallerywas added, which was divided into fifty-two compartmentsfilled with the coats of arms of the king and the nobility,after the fashion of the time. I
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