Stone relief of a seated Virgin Mary with the Christ-child on her knee, against pink-washed walls in a sunny medieval courtyard garden at Clare Priory in Suffolk.

Another shrine to Our Lady of Good Counsel is at #ClarePriory in England: established 777 years ago under the patronage of Richard de Clare (& his wife Matilda); enlarged by his daughter-in-law Joan of Acre and granddaughter Elizabeth #LadyOfClare. The modern […]

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