Primus Pilus Posted April 19, 2007 Report Share Posted April 19, 2007 North America's oldest church may lie beneath a small town in Newfoundland, according to information cobbled together from the research of a historian who recently died before publishing her seminal work. An Italian friar and sailing companion of explorer John Cabot erected the church during his second trip to the continent in 1498, according to the late Alwyn Ruddock, said Evan Jones, a University of Bristol researcher who investigated and pieced together Ruddock's notes... Yahoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callaecus Posted July 25, 2007 Report Share Posted July 25, 2007 The link is not working, so I added another with the same story: http://www.livescience.com/history/070416_cabot_church.html Just another of Ruddock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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