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Re-burial for bodies found at science site |
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Written by DeadGirl
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Saturday, 19 March 2005 |
By Gerry Braiden
FOR 500 years, they lay undisturbed as Glasgow changed from a small market town to the engine-room of an empire.
Now, as their medieval burial ground becomes a science park, the remains of 20 followers of St Francis of Assisi are making the journey across the Clyde to their final resting place.
In a ceremony today led by a friar dressed in the traditional Franciscans robes and a lone piper, the remains were being taken in two caskets to be re-interred at the Southern Necropolis.
Religious, political and business leaders joined the cortege as it made the journey from St Andrew's Cathedral to the cemetery near the Gorbals where the Franciscan order has been based since returning to Glasgow 137 years ago.
The remains were found on the site of the new City Science development at High Street where two years ago archaeologists unearthed the original Franciscan friary, founded in 1476.
But beyond establishing 12 were male, of slight build, and seven were female, little is known about the group. The sex of the 20th skeleton is unknown.
Archaeologists say their burial, within the hallowed ground of the friary cloister, indicates they were close to Order.
The men, if not friars, may have been benefactors whose contributions to the friary entitled them to a privileged burial.
The friary lasted barely 100 years and was destroyed in the 1580s during the Reformation. The site became a market garden in 1705 and was later occupied by tenements demolished in the 1960s. The area has since been used as a car park.
But it was only during the work to create the science and business park one of the most important archaeological finds in Scotland was uncovered.
Before today's ceremony, Lord Provost Liz Cameron said: "These men and women saw the evolution of the city through one of its most turbulent periods.
"It is fitting, as Glasgow moves forward, we should recognise the contribution of our forebears."
Archbishop of Glasgow Mario Conti, who was leading this morning's service at St Andrew's Cathedral, said: "It is entirely appropriate that, even after 500 years, bodies buried with due ceremony and Christian piety in their original resting place should be re-buried with dignity."
To honour the historic importance of the site, a garden commemorating the friary will be built as part of the City Science development.
Former moderator of the Church of Scotland, the Rt Rev John Miller, now based at Castlemilk, said today's ceremony celebrated Glasgow's "shared history".
He said: "The Franciscans date from a time when the church family was one."
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