there's usually no obvious logical reason why this one should be St Mary's, and that one St
Luke's.
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>If the church possessed a relic of the saint, that would surely be a reason. And would not the
church be aligned on the saint? i.e. If it were dedicated to St Luke, it would be oriented on the
line on which the sun rose on 18th October. I remember at university knowing somebody
(whose name I unfortunately forget) whose father was very much into this. Apparently churches
were re-aligned to mark a change in dedication. This, of course, was also done when a church
was turned into a mosque or vice-versa. Perhaps our archaeologist readers can help us out
here. As regards a dedication to All Saints, possibly the patron had purchased a bargain bag of
assorted relics, very cheap?
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