Posts Tagged ‘Mary Queen of Scots’

Mary Queen of Scots rosary beads stolen

Monday, July 5th, 2021

Thieves snuck in through a window at a 1,000-year-old Arundel Castle, in West Sussex, England, and made off with a trove of gold and silver items worth more than $1.4 million, including gold rosary beads owned by Mary of Scots. Mary may have carried this rosary on her person as she recited her final prayers Read more

Theft of Mary Queen of Scots’ rosary a ‘tragic loss’ for Catholic history

Monday, May 31st, 2021

The theft of the gold rosary that Mary, Queen of Scots took to her execution is a “very tragic loss” for Catholic history, a curator has said. Jan Graffius, the curator of the Stonyhurst Collections, made the comment after police reported that thieves broke into Arundel Castle in West Sussex, southern England, on May 21, Read more