Monmouthshire’s Catholic churches are few in number but ‘unusually interesting’ architectural gems

Monmouthshire was a county notorious for its continuing recusancy after the Reformation, with many of its gentry remaining Catholic. In the 1640s there were more Catholics in Monmouthshire as a percentage of the population than any other county in England and Wales. A degree of protection was afforded by the Somersets of Raglan Castle, descended The post Monmouthshire’s Catholic churches are few in number but ‘unusually interesting’ architectural gems appeared first on Catholic Herald.