Founded St Bartholomew Hospital and Priory in 1123, including the church of St Bartholomew the Great, following a vow made while sick on a pilgrimage to Rome. Prior to that he had been a courtier to King Henry I. His tomb is in St Barts. Kipling wrote a poem about him. Londonist has covered this story in rather more detail.
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{The cornice above the arch reads:} St Bartholomew's Hospital, founded by Ra...
{On the frieze above the pillars:} Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, Founded by...
It was a conversion of part of the garret of St Thomas's Church in 1822. The ...
Victims of the 1848-9 Lambeth cholera epidemic - at least 1,618 Lambeth water...
