Anglican Evensong in St Peter’s, Rome
Date: Monday 13 March 2017
Time: 15:00
Venue
Saint Peter's Basilica, Piazza San Pietro, Vatican City
The Choir of Merton College sang Evensong in Saint Peter's Basilica, at the Altar of the Chair. This was the first time that Anglican Evensong was sung in the Vatican Basilica, and the first time that an Anglican Bishop presided there.
![Bernini's 'Gloria' surmounting the Chair of St Peter, in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. Photo: © Ricardo André Frantz [CC BY-SA 3.0]](/sites/default/files/styles/feature_box/public/events_image/Cathedrapetri%2Bgloria_Ricardo-Andre-Frantz_refWikimedia_2017-0313_event.jpg?itok=qAbDFCSM "Bernini's 'Gloria' surmounting the Chair of St Peter, in St Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. Photo: © Ricardo André Frantz [CC BY-SA 3.0]")