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The Church of St Benet Paul's Wharf is a Welsh Anglican church in the City of London. Since 1556, it has also been the official church of the College of Arms in which many officers of arms have been buried. In 1666 it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London, after which it was rebuilt and merged with nearby St Peter's. The current church was designed by Sir Christopher Wren.〔Christopher Hibbert, Ben Weinreb et al, ''The London Encyclopaedia'', 3rd ed. (London: Pan Macmillan, 2008); ISBN 978-1-4050-4924-5〕 It is one of only four churches in the City of London to escape damage during World War II. ==History== St. Benet's traces its history back to the year 1111, when a church was built on the site and dedicated to St Benedict. Over time the name was abbreviated to St. Benet. To the west of the site was the watergate of Baynard's Castle, which is referenced in the biographies of Queen Anne Boleyn and Lady Jane Grey. Both the church and the castle were destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. It was rebuilt by the architect Christopher Wren, and reopened in 1683. On 2 March 1706, Henrietta Hobart married Charles Howard, 9th Earl of Suffolk, a captain in the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons there. (Henrietta Howard subsequently became mistress to the future King George II.)〔Tracy Borman, ''King's Mistress, Queen's Servant: The Life and Times of Henrietta Howard'' (London: Vintage, 2010), p. 17.〕 The church was narrowly saved from destruction in the late 19th century, when its parish was merged with that of St Nicholas Cole Abbey. After an energetic campaign by its supporters, it was preserved and reconsecrated in 1879 as the London Church of the Church in Wales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stbenetwelshchurch.org.uk/pages/history1879ENG.html )〕 It is now the City's Welsh church, with services conducted in Welsh.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.stbenetwelshchurch.org.uk/pages/worshipENG.html )〕 In 2008 the church was closed for a few months due to a "dwindling congregation" but reopened in time for the carol service in December that year. Welsh services are held weekly on Sundays at 11 a.m and 3.30 p.m and the church can be toured on Thursdays between 11 a.m and 3 p.m. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St Benet's, Paul's Wharf」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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