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The '''Birmingham Oratory''' is a Catholic | [[File:Birmingham Oratory.jpg|thumb|Birmingham Oratory as in 2009]] | ||
The '''Birmingham Oratory''' is a [[Christianity|Roman Catholic]] church in [[Birmingham]], England. It is used primarily by the [[:Wikipedia:Oratory of Saint Philip Neri|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". | |||
[[J. R. R. Tolkien]] worshipped here for about seven years. | 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 Catholic, worshipped here for about seven years. [[Francis Xavier Morgan]], Ronald and [[Hilary Tolkien]]'s guardian, was a priest of the oratory. | |||
==External links== | |||
*[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] | |||
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[[Category:Structures (real-world)]] | |||
Revision as of 12:34, 22 September 2021
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.
