holy well or sacred spring is a well, spring or small pool of water revered either in a Christian or pagan context, sometimes both. The water of holy...

The nuragic holy well is a Sardinian Bronze Age structure for the worship of the waters. Scattered throughout the island, along with the Giants' grave...

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overseeing the holy Zamzam well have moved with the times". Arab News. April 7, 2022. Retrieved October 14, 2022. General Presidency of the Holy Mosque and...

A clootie well is a holy well (or sacred spring), almost always with a tree growing beside it, where small strips of cloth or ribbons are left as part...

The Holy Well is set on the slopes of the Malvern Hills above Malvern Wells. The well is believed to be the site of the oldest bottling plant in the world...

site is managed by Cadw. St Winefride's Holy Well at Holywell Farm in Cheshire is one of a number of holy wells dedicated to St Winefride which were placed...

The Holy of Holies (Hebrew: קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים, romanized: Qōḏeš haqQŏḏāšīm or Kodesh HaKodashim; also הַדְּבִיר hadDəḇīr, 'the Sanctuary') is a term...

On our premises [..] At the river Awbeg [..] we have a "holy well" [..] Next to the holy well an original "Sheila na gGioch" "NMS mapping data - CO026-086002-"...

do not. Indeed, the Holy Thorn Tree, also known as the Glastonbury Thorn (Crataegus Monogyna praecox) blooms in the Chalice Well garden every Christmas...

Estate is Holy Well of Saint John the Baptist, known as Tobar Eoin in Irish, which has long been a site of religious significance. The well’s origins date...

Mary. In the townland of Diswellstown, there is a historic "rag well" - a holy well near which rags were left. Although it still flows, it was "buried"...

describes that the third root of the well "extends to heaven" and that beneath the root is the "very holy" well Urðarbrunnr. At Urðarbrunnr the gods hold...

2473694; 17.0668750 Chapel of the Holy well is a chapel located in Marianka, Slovakia. Rotunda Chapel of the Holy well was commissioned in 1696 for 1000...

St Dominic's Holy Well is a natural spring located in the parish of St George, Truro, Cornwall. The well now known as St Dominic's Well is located in...

- holy well : RATHBEAGH". Historic Environment Viewer. National Monuments Service. Retrieved 25 June 2024. Ó Dálaigh, Pádraig (2018). The holy wells of...

Holy water is water that has been blessed by a member of the clergy or a religious figure, or derived from a well or spring considered holy. The use for...

County Mayo. The site consists of a ruined church, a graveyard and a holy well, where pilgrimages or patterns take place. The site is part of the Clew...

her food and drink, and set items of clothing outside for her to bless. Holy wells would be visited, a special meal would be had, and the day was traditionally...

The Holy Terror is a 1939 work by H. G. Wells that is in part an analysis of fascism and in part a utopian novel. The Holy Terror presents itself as a...

Europe, pagan sacred sites frequently became Christianized as holy wells. The term "holy well" is commonly employed to refer to any water source of limited...

formations such as rivers, lakes, springs, reservoirs, and oceans, as opposed to holy water which is water elevated with the sacramental blessing of a cleric....

is a figure of European folklore, a female spirit of fresh water in a holy well or river. She is usually depicted as a woman who is a serpent or fish...

existing holy wells in Cumbria that were once venerated and believed to have the ability to cure certain illnesses. The following is a list of notable holy wells...

& Charles. ISBN 0-7153-7094-4. Cordner, W.S. (1946), "The Cult of the Holy Well", Ulster Journal of Archaeology, 9: 24–36 Ditchfield, Peter Hampson (1896)...

the churchyard, beneath which is a holy well that has been venerated for centuries. It is possible that the well has been of religious importance since...

who was buried there, went on pilgrimage to Schorne's Well in July 1511 and May 1521. The Holy Well was renovated in 2004/2005 and may still be seen in...

cross, lest he be cursed. The saint is associated with many holy wells and clootie wells in Ireland and Britain, where small strips of cloth or ribbons...

The Holy See (Latin: Sancta Sedes, lit. 'Holy Chair', Ecclesiastical Latin: [ˈsaŋkta ˈsedes]; Italian: Santa Sede [ˈsanta ˈsɛːde]), also called the See...

of holy wells. These sacred wells are scattered throughout Ireland and are visited by people seeking bodily cures, for example eye ailments. The holy wells...