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Sigeric
Sigeric
Sigeric
Sigeric
Sigeric
Sigeric
Sigeric
Sigeric
Sigeric
Sigeric

© the artist. Image credit: Glastonbury Abbey

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A bronze casting of a figurative sculpture, showing the monk Sigeric riding a mule while on pilgrimage from Canterbury to Rome. A small girl offers him an orange from a bag hanging on her back. The statue was originally made in plaster for a travelling exhibition held in the millennium year, to celebrate the Via Francigena and inspired by the story of Sigeric.

Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury

Title

Sigeric

Date

2002

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 145 x W 110 x D 175 cm (E)

Accession number

B320

Acquisition method

gift from the family of Marjorie Going

Work type

Equestrian

Inscription description

inscription on brass plaque in cobbled area at base of statue on south side: SIGERIC / To remind us of the humility and achievements of / Sigeric, 10th century monk of Glastonbury Abbey, / Archbishop of Canterbury and of those like him who / built up this place to the Glory of God / Unveiled by HRH The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO / 19th November 2002 / Given in memory of Marjorie Going (1906–2000) / Sculpted by Heather Burnley for La Via Francigena 2000

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The Abbey Gatehouse, Magdalene Street, Glastonbury, Somerset BA6 9EL England

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