Chalice Well

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Chalice Well
Entombment of Christ with the hll. Mary, Mary of Magdala and Joseph of Arimathea. In the foreground the bowl with the blood of Christ, on which the Grail legend goes back.

The Chalice Well (Eng. "Chalice Spring") is a spring located at the foot of Glastonbury Tor in the English county of Somerset . The water of the spring contains a lot of iron and therefore has a reddish color. The spring is surrounded by gardens. Both the spring and the gardens are under the management of the Chalice Well Trust, founded in 1959 by Wellesley Tudor Pole. Archaeological studies have shown that people have lived near the Chalice Spring for around 2000 years. Today the Chalice Well is one of the best known and most visited springs in Great Britain.

Legends

There are two legends about the reddish color of the water. According to a legend, St. Joseph of Arimathea placed the chalice with the blood of Christ at this point, whereupon the spring sprang up. According to the second legend, Joseph washed the Grail in the spring water, whereupon it turned reddish in color. The water is said to have a healing effect.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Description on the Chalice Well Trust homepage , accessed on April 18, 2010.
  2. ↑ a b History on the Chalice Well Trust homepage , accessed April 18, 2010.

Coordinates: 51 ° 8 ′ 37 "  N , 2 ° 42 ′ 24"  W.