Today, 17 June, is St Botolph's Day.
St Botolph's Priory here in #Colchester was the first Augustinian monastery in England and was built on the site of an earlier Saxon church dedicated to St Botolph.
More:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botolph_of_Thorney#:~:text=He%20is%20regarded%20as%20the,or%2025%20June%20(Scotland)
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol2/pp148-150
St Botolph's Priory here in #Colchester was the first Augustinian monastery in England and was built on the site of an earlier Saxon church dedicated to St Botolph.
More:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botolph_of_Thorney#:~:text=He%20is%20regarded%20as%20the,or%2025%20June%20(Scotland)
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol2/pp148-150
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