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Podcast: AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast
Episode: How One Liturgical Vestment Explains the Rise and Fall of Catholic England
Description: A king. A cope. And a faith under siege.
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Today’s episode covers all this and more. Our guest, Dr. Jan Graffius, the curator of collections at Stonyhurst College in the UK – the oldest surviving Jesuit school in the world – is our guide through a riveting history that traces the rise and fall of the Catholic Church in England through the lens of a single piece of art: a cope commissioned by Henry VII.
Copes are common liturgical vestments. But this one – one of the most expensive items commissioned by a king – was meant to unite the power of Church and...