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The '''Birmingham Oratory''' is a Roman Catholic church in [[Birmingham]], England. It is used primarily by the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, a congregation of priests and lay-brothers. Because of its baroque design, it is often called the "Little Rome in Birmingham". | The '''Birmingham Oratory''' is a Roman Catholic church in [[Birmingham]], England. It is used primarily by the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, a congregation of priests and lay-brothers. Because of its baroque design, it is often called the "Little Rome in Birmingham". | ||
The church was constructed between 1907 and 1910 as a memorial to | The church was constructed between 1907 and 1910 as a memorial to [[Wikipedia:John Henry Newman|John Henry Newman]], a prominent English cardinal who converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism, now a canonized saint. | ||
[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], a devout | [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], a devout Catholic, worshipped here for about seven years. [[Francis Xavier Morgan]], Ronald and [[Hilary Tolkien]]'s guardian, was a priest of the oratory. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[http://www. | *[http://www.birminghamoratory.org.uk/ Birmingham Oratory Official page] | ||
*[http://www.birminghamoratory.org.uk/tolkien-and-the-oratory/ Tolkien and the Oratory] | |||
*[[Wikipedia:Birmingham Oratory|Birmingham Oratory on Wikipedia]] | |||
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emaY0BfA06o "JRR Tolkien and the Birmingham Oratory" YouTube video] | |||
[[Category:Structures (real-world)]] | [[Category:Structures (real-world)]] | ||
Revision as of 13:54, 25 July 2020
The Birmingham Oratory is a Roman Catholic church in Birmingham, England. It is used primarily by the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri, a congregation of priests and lay-brothers. Because of its baroque design, it is often called the "Little Rome in Birmingham".
The church was constructed between 1907 and 1910 as a memorial to John Henry Newman, a prominent English cardinal who converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism, now a canonized saint.
J.R.R. Tolkien, a devout Catholic, worshipped here for about seven years. Francis Xavier Morgan, Ronald and Hilary Tolkien's guardian, was a priest of the oratory.
