A woman called to a solitary life, she was not isolated but “anchored” in the world. An anchoress was a well-known, if not common, feature of religious life in the Middle Ages. Julian of Norwich was an anonymous English woman-probably of noble birth-who took up residence in the anchoress’ cell in the church. Julian, the hermitage home of a saintly soul who belongs to the Anglicans, the Catholics, and the ages. However, if you leave the bustling tourist and shopping center of the city and make your way to the industrial outskirts and snoop down a side street, you will come to the little church of St. In the English city of Norwich there are two Gothic cathedrals: one medieval and Anglican, the other neo-Gothic and Catholic. In our own age, threatened by plague, economic uncertainty, barbarism, religious wars and corruption, the quiet optimism and faith of Julian of Norwich are a sweet tonic which brings re-assurance, hope, and a quiet confidence.
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