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The '''Birmingham Oratory''' is a Catholic church in [[Birmingham]]. 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 Blessed John Henry Newman, a prominent English cardinal who converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism.  
The church was constructed between 1907 and 1910 as a memorial to the Blessed John Henry Newman, a prominent English cardinal who converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism.  


[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], a devout catholic, worshipped here for about seven years. [[Francis Xavier Morgan]] was a priest of the oratory.
[[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.birmingham-oratory.org.uk/TheOratory/Tolkien/tabid/76/Default.aspx Tolkien and the Oratory]
[http://www.birmingham-oratory.org.uk/TheOratory/Tolkien/tabid/76/Default.aspx Tolkien and the Oratory]


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Revision as of 20:04, 23 September 2012

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 Blessed John Henry Newman, a prominent English cardinal who converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism.

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

Tolkien and the Oratory