There has been a week of events in Leicester to mark the reinterment of Richard III, the last Plantagenet monarch, whose remains were found during an archaeological dig in a car park. The find put the city on the map, but it did something more valuable too
If therE was once a tug of war over King Richard’s remains between York and Leicester and between Catholics and Anglicans, at least in Leicester this was replaced by a mood of rapprochement and cooperation, as the city was preparing for the reinterment of his body “with dignity and honour” last Thursday. “Leicester is a city of faith,” Fr David Rocks, prior and parish priest of the Holy Cross Priory, close to the city centre, told me.“It’s a place where faith is talked about, perhaps more than
26 March 2015, The Tablet
Man of war, city of peace
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