Pilgrimage to celebrate saint of Spurn Point
Getty ImagesA pilgrimage to a remote peninsular will celebrate a saint who has been largely forgotten by history.
Wilgils was a 7th Century hermit who is said to have lived on Spurn Point, East Yorkshire, and devoted his time to prayer, before others joined him and a church was built.
The Rev Philip West, of of the South Holderness Deanery, said everyone was welcome at the event at Spurn on 6 June.
He said the walk along the sand spit would help "reclaim" a saint who had played an "important" part in history.
Wilgils is mentioned in early English Christian texts and West said he had practised at a key time for the Christian faith.
"The Anglo-Saxon invaders, who were pagan, had pushed Christianity really to the margins of the country and Wilgils was one of those who were fighting back against that," he said. "So Britain was really Christianised through people like him."
Getty ImagesWest said the Bishop of Hull, the Rt Rev Dr Eleanor Sanderson, had the idea for the pilgrimage.
The seven-mile walk will begin at the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Discovery Centre, near Kilnsea, at 10:00 BST.
About 60 people are expected to attend the event and West said anyone was welcome.
"You don't have to be a church member. You don't have to believe anything, in fact.
"On the pilgrimages I've organised here, we have people who don't have a faith and who come along and always very much enjoy them and find them a really good experience."
Those who would like to take part are advised to bring a packed lunch. Dogs are not permitted on the nature reserve.
West is asking people who would like to attend to contact him, with details available on the Withernsea Churches Together Facebook page.
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