From Belfast-The leader of the world’s Anglican community will lay a wreath at the resting place of St Patrick when he attends a commemoration to the saint in Downpatrick on Tuesday.
The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby will be the first leader of the church in more than half a century to take part in the annual pilgrimage from Saul Church to Down Cathedral from around 10.15am.
It is said that St Patrick landed close to Saul in the fifth century, and along the roughly two-mile route from the village to the cathedral, the pilgrims are expected to stop and pray a number of times.
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