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Cathedral hosts Candlemas to end festivities
The tradition of giving a candle and ribbon to children was started in 1747 by Bishop John de Watteville of Germany. Rev Dr Emma Pennington, the Kent cathedral's canon missioner, said ...
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Facts about St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City
According to Archbishop Timothy Dolan’s welcome messages, more than one million prayer candles are lit at St. Patrick’s Cathedral every year and five million people visit the Cathedral every year.