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Welsh service for martyred Saint John Roberts

Welsh has been spoken for the first time in a ceremony at Westminster Cathedral to honour the martyred saint John Roberts.

On Saturday, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams addressed the congregation in both English and Welsh.

The service was part of a series of events to mark the 400th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Welsh saint.

The monk, from Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd was hanged, drawn and quartered in 1610 for being a Catholic dissenter.

But he was later canonised by Pope Paul VI in 1970....
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