A City Of Refuge

BREXIT:

Ever wonder "who" is really running the E. U?  ENGLAND IS KNOWN (in Roman Catholic circles) as
               MARY'S DOWRY! 
This (supposedly) dates back to Edward the Confessor, 11th. Century.

Particularly, since the time of the REFORMATION, the VATICAN has worked tirelessly, through her vassals, and shady bureaucrats, to win back ENGLAND. 

The Walsingham          

Shrine and the
'Dowry of Mary'

England - The Dowry of Mary
There is a tradition that the title 'Dowry of Mary' goes back to Edward the Confessor (1042 - 1066). This may well be true, but there is no historical documentation to support it. There is no doubt, however, about the deep devotion to Our Lady that existed in medieval England and the dedication rests on this foundation.
The first documentary evidence for the title was found in a painting which used to hang in the English College in Rome, which showed Richard II (1377 - 1399) and his consort kneeling before Our Lady and offering England to her. He holds a parchment with a latin inscription:'This is your dowry, O pious Virgin'. Perhaps the painting portrayed the King presenting England to Our Lady as her Dowry in Westminster Abbey in 1381.
At the same time (1399) Thomas Arundel, Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote to his suffragan bishops:

"The contemplation of the great mystery of the Incarnation has drawn all Christian nations to venerate her from whom came the first beginnings of our redemption. But we English, being the servants of her special inheritance and her own dowry, as we are commonly called, ought to surpass others in the fervour of our praises and devotions."

So the title of England as ''The DOWRY of MARY" was definitely in use by the end of the fourteenth century, but Archbishop Arundel's letter seems to indicate that at the time of his writing it was already in common use, indicating an earlier origin.

 
The Walsingham seal: around the edges
Ave Maria gratia plena dominus tecum