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: Elderly nun with rosary, St Cecilia's Abbey

Elderly nun with rosary, St Cecilia's Abbey

An elderly nun aged 96 makes rosaries for the Benedictine missions. She has spent nearly all her life at St. Cecilia's Abbey, Isle of Wight, never leaving

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10139844

Media ID

46518977

Size

3378px x 4638px (2.2MB)

Credit

Mary Evans Picture Library/COLIN HORSMAN

Source

Photograph by Colin Horsman (Picture No 284)

Date

1980s

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