The Pilgrimage route now turns west and into what was once the depths of the Fens to visit Ely, with its great and majestic cathedral rising up on its isle from the now drained surrounding landscape.
The devotion to Our Lady of Ely pre-dates the establishment of the diocese in 1109 in what had hitherto been a Benedictine abbey. It remained a monastic foundation until the dissolution in 1539. In addition to the shrine of St Etheldreda, the seventh century royal foundress of the monastery, the cathedral had a tradition of devotion to Our Lady, expressed in the marvellous fourteenth century Lady Chapel.
The links to my previous posts about this devotion can be seen at Marian Pilgrimage - Our Lady of Ely
Our Lady of Ely pray for The King and The Queen and for us all.
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