Seintiau a Chreiriau ‹ Llefydd Sanctaidd

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-Today, I'm going to tackle a subject -which is an important part...	0:00:30	0:00:35
-..of some people's faith...	0:00:35	0:00:37
-..but which is derided -as superstition by others.	0:00:37	0:00:41
-Saints and their relics -divided our country in the past.	0:00:41	0:00:45
-But I'm starting my journey on the -roadside in Barnes, South London.	0:00:45	0:00:50
-The past is another country, -as someone once said.	0:00:51	0:00:55
-They do things differently there.	0:00:55	0:00:58
-One of the different -aspects of our past...	0:00:58	0:01:01
-..that most of us -might find strange today...	0:01:02	0:01:05
-..is worshipping saints...	0:01:05	0:01:07
-..or going on pilgrimages to places -linked to their life or death.	0:01:07	0:01:12
-We wouldn't do that, would we?	0:01:13	0:01:16
-# Ride A White Swan # -T.Rex	0:01:16	0:01:19
-Marc Bolan, T Rex's singer, -died in this exact spot...	0:01:19	0:01:23
-..in a fatal car accident.	0:01:23	0:01:26
-# Like if you were a bird #	0:01:26	0:01:28
-Ever since, this place has drawn -pilgrims from all over the world.	0:01:28	0:01:35
-Maybe coming here to pay tribute...	0:01:35	0:01:38
-..makes them feel closer to the man.	0:01:39	0:01:41
-Marc Bolan isn't the only person -who evokes this kind of interest.	0:01:42	0:01:47
-Even objects touched -by famous people...	0:01:48	0:01:52
-..can exchange hands -for amazing prices in auctions.	0:01:52	0:01:56
-A lock of John Lennon's hair -sold for 24,000...	0:01:56	0:01:59
-..Elvis Presley's belt for 41,000.	0:01:59	0:02:01
-Even a sandwich -partly eaten by Britney Spears...	0:02:01	0:02:05
-..sold on eBay recently for 280.	0:02:05	0:02:07
-They're ordinary things.	0:02:08	0:02:10
-But an element of mystique -is attached to them...	0:02:10	0:02:13
-..because they belonged -to someone we admire.	0:02:13	0:02:17
-We call them memorabilia today.	0:02:17	0:02:19
-In the Middle Ages, -they would be relics.	0:02:19	0:02:23
-For Christians, a relic is something -that we can link to a saint's life.	0:02:25	0:02:30
-Saints were the rock stars -of the Middle Ages.	0:02:31	0:02:36
-I was raised in the Welsh -Nonconformist tradition...	0:02:38	0:02:42
-..so the idea of praying -at a shrine is very unfamiliar.	0:02:43	0:02:48
-Today, I'm going to try to -understand why saints and relics...	0:02:49	0:02:54
-..have been so important -in our spiritual tradition...	0:02:54	0:02:59
-..and still are for some today.	0:02:59	0:03:01
-I'm going to Scotland to see -how influential one saint was.	0:03:02	0:03:07
-This is the tomb of St Mungo.	0:03:15	0:03:17
-When he first came here -in the 6th century...	0:03:17	0:03:21
-..this whole area was open ground.	0:03:21	0:03:24
-He settled on the riverbank.	0:03:24	0:03:27
-He founded a church.	0:03:27	0:03:29
-In time, he became the bishop.	0:03:29	0:03:31
-He was so well loved -that when he died...	0:03:31	0:03:35
-..his grave became -a place of pilgrimage.	0:03:36	0:03:40
-Over the centuries, so many came -here to worship at Mungo's grave...	0:03:42	0:03:47
-..that the place grew to be -a small village, then a town...	0:03:48	0:03:52
-..then, eventually, a city.	0:03:52	0:03:55
-We're in that city, Glasgow, -Scotland's largest city.	0:03:59	0:04:03
-The M8, thundering past -over there, reminds us...	0:04:04	0:04:08
-..of all the human traffic -drawn here over the ages...	0:04:08	0:04:12
-..to this saint's tomb.	0:04:12	0:04:14
-There would be hardly anything here -if it weren't for St Mungo.	0:04:14	0:04:19
-We don't know much about Mungo.	0:04:22	0:04:25
-He came here in about 540.	0:04:25	0:04:27
-His real name -was Cyndeyrn, Kentigern.	0:04:27	0:04:31
-He spent time in Wales too -and founded a church in St Asaph.	0:04:31	0:04:36
-But his home was here -in the Old North.	0:04:36	0:04:39
-He got the nickname Munghu, -or Mungo, which means "dearest".	0:04:40	0:04:45
-The city where he died was -called "Clas gu", or Glasgow...	0:04:46	0:04:51
-..which means -a dear church community.	0:04:52	0:04:55
-The English poet Philip Larkin said -"What will survive of us is love."	0:04:58	0:05:03
-Nothing shows that -better than this place.	0:05:03	0:05:06
-Whatever we think -of relics and saints...	0:05:06	0:05:09
-..we can't dismiss -Scotland's largest city...	0:05:09	0:05:13
-..a lasting testimony -to people's love for St Mungo.	0:05:13	0:05:17
-Mungo's story is a gentle -introduction to the history...	0:05:20	0:05:24
-..and significance of saints.	0:05:24	0:05:26
-But some stories about saints -are truly terrifying.	0:05:26	0:05:31
-Maybe that's part of their appeal...	0:05:32	0:05:35
-..as we will see -in my next port of call.	0:05:36	0:05:39
-I'm in St Albans, the oldest place -of Christian pilgrimage in Britain.	0:05:40	0:05:45
-It's easy to understand -its historical appeal.	0:05:46	0:05:49
-It was the site -of the Roman town, Verulamium.	0:05:49	0:05:52
-Early in the 4th century, St Alban -was arrested by the Romans...	0:05:52	0:05:57
-..because of his faith.	0:05:57	0:05:59
-He was tried in a court and dragged -to the top of that hill...	0:05:59	0:06:03
-..to be publicly executed.	0:06:04	0:06:06
-To find out more about St Alban...	0:06:12	0:06:14
-..I've come to meet the Dean -of the cathedral, Jeffrey John.	0:06:15	0:06:19
-He lived in a time -of Christian persecution...	0:06:20	0:06:25
-..under the emperor Diocletian.	0:06:25	0:06:28
-He wasn't a Christian...	0:06:29	0:06:31
-..but he met a Christian priest...	0:06:32	0:06:34
-..who was fleeing -from the Roman army.	0:06:35	0:06:38
-Alban sheltered -the priest in his house.	0:06:39	0:06:44
-So he learnt about -Christianity from the priest.	0:06:44	0:06:49
-In time, the soldiers -came after the priest.	0:06:49	0:06:55
-But Alban exchanged -clothes with the priest.	0:06:55	0:06:59
-So the priest escaped -in Alban's cloak.	0:07:00	0:07:05
-But Alban was arrested.	0:07:05	0:07:08
-He was tried and found guilty.	0:07:08	0:07:12
-He was dragged up the hill...	0:07:13	0:07:16
-..where he was decapitated.	0:07:17	0:07:19
-He was buried here, -where the cathedral stands now.	0:07:19	0:07:24
-Over 1,700 years -after St Alban's execution...	0:07:28	0:07:32
-..pilgrims still come here -to worship at his shrine.	0:07:32	0:07:37
-But for many centuries, -this was not possible.	0:07:37	0:07:42
-This is an Anglican cathedral.	0:07:43	0:07:45
-In the 1530s, -in the Protestant Reformation...	0:07:45	0:07:50
-..shrines like this were demolished.	0:07:50	0:07:53
-The remains of the shrine were -discovered and rebuilt in 1872.	0:07:53	0:07:58
-But it was over -a century later, in 2002...	0:07:59	0:08:03
-..that the relic -was returned to the church.	0:08:03	0:08:07
-Dean Jeffrey John -was here at that time.	0:08:07	0:08:11
-The Archbishop of Cologne -gave us Alban's shoulder bone.	0:08:11	0:08:16
-One of the German -bishops came here...	0:08:18	0:08:22
-..for a very special service.	0:08:23	0:08:25
-It makes a difference.	0:08:25	0:08:28
-A woman who saw the service...	0:08:28	0:08:31
-..when the German -bishop came here...	0:08:31	0:08:36
-...said, "Alban has come home."	0:08:36	0:08:39
-I thought that was very interesting.	0:08:40	0:08:43
-Is it a way for us -to stay linked to the saint?	0:08:43	0:08:47
-I think that's it.	0:08:47	0:08:49
-The relic is a substantial link.	0:08:49	0:08:53
-It's something -to hold on to, literally.	0:08:54	0:09:00
-People keep a memento -of someone who has died...	0:09:00	0:09:07
-..like photographs or things -that belonged to that person...	0:09:07	0:09:12
-..perhaps a lock of hair.	0:09:12	0:09:15
-That's a kind of relic.	0:09:16	0:09:19
-How difficult has it been -to include St Alban's relic...	0:09:19	0:09:24
-..back in the church's life?	0:09:24	0:09:26
-We haven't had much opposition.	0:09:26	0:09:29
-The great majority -of people are very happy...	0:09:29	0:09:35
-..that something of Alban -is back in the cathedral.	0:09:35	0:09:40
-As one of the workers -told me after the service...	0:09:40	0:09:46
-"..I don't know, Dean...	0:09:46	0:09:49
-"..but when the relic, the bone, -returned to the shrine...	0:09:49	0:09:54
-"..it was like the battery -going back into the machine."	0:09:54	0:09:59
-It seems that returning the relic -of St Alban to this church...	0:10:02	0:10:07
-..has had quite an effect on people.	0:10:07	0:10:10
-In the second part, -I try to understand why...	0:10:10	0:10:13
-..by visiting a place -a little nearer home.	0:10:13	0:10:17
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-Saints and their relics aren't -part of my spiritual background...	0:10:28	0:10:33
-..as someone raised in a chapel.	0:10:33	0:10:35
-But today, I'm on a journey to try -to understand what their appeal is.	0:10:36	0:10:41
-To do that, I'm on my way -to Wales's most important cathedral.	0:10:42	0:10:48
-I'm following the path -of the thousands of pilgrims...	0:10:49	0:10:53
-..who flocked here over -the centuries to St David's relics.	0:10:54	0:10:58
-David shaped the history -of the church in Wales.	0:10:58	0:11:02
-As our patron saint, he helped -form our national identity.	0:11:02	0:11:07
-In such a Nonconformist, -Protestant country...	0:11:07	0:11:12
-..it's odd that we hold a Catholic -saint so close to our hearts.	0:11:13	0:11:18
-But unlike the other patron -saints of Britain and Ireland...	0:11:18	0:11:23
-..David is the only one -who was born and grew up...	0:11:23	0:11:27
-..in the country -he later came to represent.	0:11:27	0:11:31
-David was born -on the Pembrokeshire coast.	0:11:35	0:11:39
-He became an ordinary monk and went -on to be an abbot, then a bishop.	0:11:39	0:11:46
-Before his death in 589...	0:11:47	0:11:49
-..he was appointed -Archbishop Of Wales.	0:11:49	0:11:53
-His importance has -lasted over the centuries.	0:11:54	0:11:58
-Our interest today -in this saint is as strong as ever.	0:11:58	0:12:03
-St David's relics were lost -in the Protestant Reformation.	0:12:04	0:12:08
-But his tomb survived -and was recently restored.	0:12:08	0:12:12
-Some believe that the presence -of a saint can remain...	0:12:13	0:12:18
-..and sanctify an object -simply because of a link with him.	0:12:18	0:12:23
-So the tomb can become a relic.	0:12:23	0:12:25
-It's essentially the same principle -as Britney Spears's sandwich.	0:12:26	0:12:31
-But there's a better -example in the New Testament.	0:12:31	0:12:35
-A sick woman wanted to touch Jesus -as he walked through the crowd.	0:12:35	0:12:40
-She only succeeded -in touching his garment...	0:12:40	0:12:44
-..but that was enough to heal her.	0:12:45	0:12:47
-SAINT DAVID	0:12:48	0:12:50
-When St David's shrine -was restored in 2012...	0:12:50	0:12:54
-..the Bishop said that their hope -was that visitors to St Davids...	0:12:54	0:13:00
-..would be changed -into pilgrims in faith.	0:13:00	0:13:03
-But are these futile hopes?	0:13:04	0:13:06
-It's unlikely that -restoring St David's tomb...	0:13:08	0:13:11
-..will fundamentally change -the way we think of him...	0:13:11	0:13:15
-..in our Protestant Wales.	0:13:16	0:13:18
-David became famous...	0:13:18	0:13:21
-..because his saintliness attracted -pilgrims in the Middle Ages.	0:13:21	0:13:26
-Since then, he has developed -a different significance...	0:13:26	0:13:30
-..a secular, or even political, one.	0:13:30	0:13:33
-When we wear a daffodil on March 1 -and go to St David's Day dinners...	0:13:34	0:13:39
-..that has more to do -with our nationality...	0:13:39	0:13:43
-..than our spiritual lives.	0:13:43	0:13:45
-We're unlikely to see thousands -of pilgrims flocking here again.	0:13:45	0:13:50
-But restoring it -to its former glory...	0:13:50	0:13:55
-..is a very fitting way to honour -and commemorate our patron saint.	0:13:55	0:14:01
-Maybe Protestant churches -aren't the best places...	0:14:04	0:14:09
-..to truly appreciate -the saints' spiritual appeal.	0:14:09	0:14:13
-I'm returning to London...	0:14:13	0:14:15
-..to the Catholic -Cathedral of Westminster.	0:14:15	0:14:19
-Catholics have always revered -saints and their relics.	0:14:20	0:14:25
-I've come to see -one relic in particular...	0:14:26	0:14:30
-..from a comparatively recent time, -about 350 years ago.	0:14:30	0:14:34
-It's a much more striking relic -than anything I've seen so far.	0:14:34	0:14:40
-Unlike many relics, -that can be rather abstract...	0:14:44	0:14:49
-..perhaps a small, ancient bone, -very often out of sight...	0:14:49	0:14:54
-..this is much more direct.	0:14:55	0:14:58
-This is the body of a man who was -executed because of his faith.	0:14:58	0:15:04
-He was hanged, drawn and quartered.	0:15:05	0:15:10
-His body was sewn back together -and hidden for years...	0:15:10	0:15:15
-..before it was possible -to return it here to Westminster.	0:15:15	0:15:20
-Although the silver mask -on his face and hands...	0:15:20	0:15:25
-..make him look peaceful...	0:15:25	0:15:28
-..there is something rather -discomfiting about this relic...	0:15:28	0:15:33
-..and rather horrifying.	0:15:33	0:15:35
-Here, we can touch our past...	0:15:36	0:15:39
-..a barbaric time in our past.	0:15:39	0:15:42
-It's easy to see how this man's -bravery can bolster people's faith.	0:15:43	0:15:49
-St John Southworth -was a Catholic priest.	0:15:54	0:15:58
-He had done charitable work amongst -the poor of London for some time...	0:15:59	0:16:04
-..when he was arrested in 1654.	0:16:04	0:16:08
-Being a Catholic priest -was completely illegal at the time.	0:16:10	0:16:15
-He was condemned to a cruel death.	0:16:15	0:16:18
-It's a powerful story. The relic -itself is a powerful symbol too.	0:16:20	0:16:25
-But I want to learn more...	0:16:26	0:16:28
-..about why exactly saints are such -a vital part of the Catholic faith.	0:16:29	0:16:34
-I'm going to talk to the Head of -the Church in England and Wales...	0:16:34	0:16:39
-..Archbishop Vincent Nichols.	0:16:39	0:16:41
-The Catholic understanding of saints -is that they're alive in Heaven...	0:16:44	0:16:48
-..and they are attentive -to our efforts here...	0:16:49	0:16:52
-..and help us with their prayers.	0:16:52	0:16:55
-So there's not just -a memory relationship...	0:16:55	0:16:57
-..but a living relationship -with saints.	0:16:58	0:17:00
-I think it is a misunderstanding -that we worship saints. We don't.	0:17:00	0:17:06
-We offer them our love -and we ask for their prayers.	0:17:06	0:17:10
-We draw strength -from their example...	0:17:10	0:17:12
-..and their continuing presence -as part of the living church.	0:17:12	0:17:16
-I remember vividly...	0:17:16	0:17:18
-..the cortege carrying -the body of Princess Diana...	0:17:18	0:17:23
-..coming up the Edgware Road.	0:17:23	0:17:25
-The Edgware Road -was crowded with people.	0:17:26	0:17:28
-They were throwing flowers...	0:17:28	0:17:30
-..to catch them -on the hearse as it went by.	0:17:31	0:17:34
-And somebody said to me...	0:17:34	0:17:36
-"..Each of those flowers -is a prayer for Diana."	0:17:37	0:17:40
-The same man went on to say...	0:17:40	0:17:42
-"..I think this moment marks the end -of the Reformation in England."	0:17:43	0:17:46
-English people are discovering again -their voice at the point of death.	0:17:47	0:17:52
-We do pray for those who have died.	0:17:52	0:17:55
-And they're discovering -their vision of a future...	0:17:55	0:17:59
-..which is so vividly expressed -in the lives of the saints.	0:17:59	0:18:04
-I don't know about the end -of the Protestant Reformation...	0:18:04	0:18:09
-..but death does affect us all.	0:18:10	0:18:13
-Most of us at some time have visited -the grave of someone dear to us.	0:18:14	0:18:19
-Maybe coming to pray to a saint's -relics isn't all that different.	0:18:19	0:18:25
-Whatever our religious background...	0:18:28	0:18:31
-..we can all be inspired by stories -about our predecessors in faith.	0:18:31	0:18:36
-What I see here -is that relics can be a step...	0:18:36	0:18:41
-..to getting that inspiration.	0:18:41	0:18:43
-I'm going to finish -my journey back in Wales...	0:18:51	0:18:54
-..by visiting -a remote little church...	0:18:55	0:18:58
-..that nevertheless -attracts hundreds of pilgrims.	0:18:58	0:19:02
-This is Pennant Melangell, -near the Berwyn Mountains...	0:19:02	0:19:07
-..the home of a saint who made -this place a nature reserve...	0:19:07	0:19:12
-..as well as a reserve for faith.	0:19:12	0:19:15
-Melangell was a princess -in the 7th century...	0:19:16	0:19:20
-..who had decided to become -a hermit to avoid having to marry.	0:19:20	0:19:25
-So she came to this valley -to live a life of prayer...	0:19:25	0:19:30
-..in harmony with -the wild animals around her.	0:19:30	0:19:34
-But one day, King Brochwel -and his men came here to hunt hares.	0:19:35	0:19:41
-One terrified hare ran to hide under -Melangell's cloak as she prayed.	0:19:41	0:19:49
-She used her saintliness -to protect it.	0:19:49	0:19:53
-The king's chief -hunter stepped forward.	0:19:53	0:19:56
-He lifted his horn to his lips, -to set the dogs on the hare.	0:19:57	0:20:01
-But no sound came from it.	0:20:02	0:20:04
-This greatly impressed -King Brochwel.	0:20:04	0:20:08
-So he gave the valley -and all its animals...	0:20:08	0:20:12
-..to the care -of Melangell, for ever.	0:20:12	0:20:16
-Even today, local people -refer to hares...	0:20:16	0:20:20
-..as Melangell's Little Lambs.	0:20:20	0:20:23
-The story of Melangell -is a simple one.	0:20:26	0:20:29
-She didn't establish a city or -sacrifice her life for her faith...	0:20:30	0:20:35
-..but her story has lasted.	0:20:35	0:20:39
-She lived here over 1,400 years ago.	0:20:42	0:20:46
-But people still remember her -and come here to pray...	0:20:46	0:20:51
-..at her shrine.	0:20:51	0:20:53
-These are all prayer cards...	0:21:14	0:21:18
-..asking for the saint's help.	0:21:18	0:21:21
-"Thinking of you -today Grandad. Much love."	0:21:22	0:21:27
-"We pray for everyone -in our family."	0:21:27	0:21:31
-"Help us to prosper and grow."	0:21:33	0:21:36
-It's impossible not to sense...	0:21:41	0:21:44
-..the pain and anxiety...	0:21:47	0:21:49
-..that is expressed -on many of the cards.	0:21:50	0:21:54
-People ask for the saint's help.	0:21:54	0:21:58
-But I suppose -one also senses their hope.	0:21:58	0:22:03
-There's something in that...	0:22:04	0:22:06
-..that really touches you.	0:22:06	0:22:08
-It's difficult to explain exactly -what the appeal of the place is...	0:22:28	0:22:33
-..and St Melangell's -relics in the church.	0:22:33	0:22:37
-Is it the simple -story of Melangell?	0:22:37	0:22:41
-Or the fact that people still flock -here to pray for help from her?	0:22:41	0:22:47
-Or is it the appeal -of the place itself?	0:22:47	0:22:52
-It's probably -a combination of all these...	0:22:53	0:22:56
-..that is responsible -for the fact that this place...	0:22:56	0:23:01
-..has really touched me.	0:23:01	0:23:03
-People have described this place -as Britain's holiest place.	0:23:03	0:23:07
-And I must say, on the whole, -I tend to agree with them.	0:23:08	0:23:13
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