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Stone Priory was a priory at Stone in Staffordshire, England, built circa 670AD.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bit of Medieval Stone found in Surrey field )〕 The priory's church was dedicated to Mary and a local seventh-century martyr Saint Wulfad.〔 "Stone in the middle ages possessed an Augustinian priory. It was founded c.1135. Some walling remains in Abbey Street, and in the house called The Priory in Lichfield Street a rib-vaulted undercroft of four or more bays, although in the eighteenth century a wall was built which now blocks off a section of the crypt. Also architectural fragments in the garden, including part of a large pier of quatrefoil section with hollows between the foils - probably early 14th century."〔Nikolaus Pevsner, ''The Buildings of England: Staffordshire,'' Penguin Books, 1974, p.267〕 "Little remains of the priory buildings. Part of a sub-vault of the western range is incorporated in the cellars of the house called The Priory.〔see W. H. Bowers and J. W. Clough, ''Researches into the History of Stone,'' Birmingham, 1929, p.292.〕 To the east of it are some slight remains, possibly of the chapter-house."〔(''Houses of Augustinian Canons - The Priory of Stone,'' in M W Greenslade & R B Pugh (eds), ''A History of the County of Stafford,'' Volume 3 )〕 The site of the priory, on Lichfield Street, now houses St Michael and St Wulfad's Church, built in the 1750s using stone from the priory after its collapse.〔 The church's rectory was built over the priory's vaulted crypt.〔 ==Legend== Legend has it that Wulfad and his brother Rufin were killed by their father King Wulfhere of Mercia after converting to Christianity against his wishes. filled with remorse he allowed their mother Queen Ermenilda to build the priory on the site of their sons' grave.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Stone )〕 However, this legend is unlikely to be true. Wulfhere was already a Christian when he became king, and the story on which it is probably based is set by Bede in another part of the country over ten years after Wulfhere's death. 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「Stone Priory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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