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Holy boys

By chance, I visited the Roman Catholic church of Corpus Christi in Covent Garden, London, the other day, and discovered it was dominated by two boys – one ancient, one modern.

The boy on the left is St Tarcisius, a 12-year-old Christian martyr from the 3rd century who was killed by a mob of children while he was carrying the Eucharist to Christian prisoners condemned to death by the Romans. The sculpture is by Karin Jonzen (1914-98), born in London of Swedish parents.

On the right is the shrine of the Blessed Carlo Acutis, who was born in London and died in Monza from leukaemia in 2006, aged 15. A cheerful computer geek and website designer (hence the laptop), he was also a devout Christian, and his ‘unwavering devotion to the Eucharist’ inspired him to tell the story of eucharistic miracles through his website. Since his premature death, two miracles have been attributed to him. At the bottom of the shrine is a round receptacle containing a lock of his hair.

All very interesting, but I can't help thinking this modern teenager would have preferred to kick a football around in the parks of Monza with his friends rather than die young and perform miracles, but you never know...

♦ Another, wider, aspect of the church interior is here.

Taken in: UK / England / Westminster / Charing Cross (show map)

Taken on: August 16, 2024

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