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In the Coastal village of Bacton, close to the village
boundary, through the ruined gatehouse on Abbey Street,
stand the remains of Bromholm Priory, or Bacton Abbey, once
one of the most holy places in Europe.
The priory, founded as a sister house to Catle Acre in
1113, was destitute until its Cluniac monks purchased, what
they believed to be, a relic of the 'true cross' from a
priest who had, wandered throughout Europe trying to find a
buyer for it.
Once in their hands, the monks promptly used it to cure all
kinds of diseases - even to raise people from the dead! Its
fame attracted pilgrims from all over Europe, including
Henry III, and its name was immortalized in Chaucer's
'Canterbury Tales."
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