Read  about the full history of the
    Shrine by selecting one of the links on this page.

   Trace the history of Our Lady of
 Cardigan back to the Middle Ages
 in this comprehensive article.

     Read about the legend of the very
  first statue and how devotion to
  Our Lady of the Taper continues
   today.

Our Lady of  the Taper  is the only known  church in Britain to possess a genuine stone from Calvary - Read  the story of how the stone was acquired here.

  Read how the Welsh Bishops
 commissioned a plaque of Our Lady
 of Cardigan to be placed in the
 courtyard of the Basilica of the
  Annunciation in Nazareth.
  Many countries place images of
 their national shrines there in
 testimony to traditional Catholic
 Devotion to Our Lady.