St. Erasmus was a 4th-century Italian bishop who was martyred by having his intestines pulled out of his body. That’s why he’s invoked against stomach problems. He’s also the patron of sailors and the ...

New evidence, helping to form a 15th century reconstruction of part of Westminster Abbey, demonstrates how a section of the building was once the focus for the royal family’s devotion to the cult of a ...

Experts have reconstructed the appearance of the chapel of St Erasmus — a lost, mediaeval period feature of Westminster Abbey that was used as a Royal burial site. Thought to have been built around ...

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England's former Queen consort worshipped a disembowelled saint at a 'long-lost' chapel at Westminster Abbey, a new study shows. The Chapel of St Erasmus was built at a section of Westminster Abbey in ...