Alphabe Thursday … X is for Celtic Crosses

These Celtic crosses stand in the graveyard of St Martin’s church in Canterbury, I understand it is the oldest church in England and has held regular Sunday Services since 1658.  It was the private chapel of Queen Bertha in 550.  She was a Christian and as such must practice her religion outside the city walls.  Her husband, King Ethelbert on the other hand not yet converted from Paganism; (St Augustine had not yet arrived from Rome, and begun converting the heathens) would practice his rituals at home.  

There is a sweet story that says; each Sunday morning his wife would leave the ‘palace’ for her regular prayer.  Meanwhile when the King had finished his service he would walk to the city gate and wait for his wife to return home …  I wonder if he had put the dinner in the oven?