Portable stone altar (390mm x 240mm) in the Holy Trinity Chapel of St David's Cathedral, Pembrokeshire. Five crosses: centre & at each corner.
A portable stone altar (390mm x 240mm) in the Holy Trinity Chapel of St David's Cathedral. Marked with a cross in the centre and one at each corner. Celtic priests carried small altars with which to celebrate the Eucharist, circular Irish examples may have given rise to stories of saints crossing the sea on millstones.
Size: 3714px × 2545px
Location: St David's Cathedral, St David's, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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