Actors dressed as the ‘Saints of Southwark’ have posed for a photograph outside St George’s Roman Catholic Cathedral in Southwark.

They will be appearing again during the Southwark Archdiocese’s Jubilee celebration day at Aylesford Priory on Saturday 7 June.

The saints include many encountered on the Pilgrims’ Way between Southwark and Canterbury.

If you start at St George’s Cathedral you will find the shrine of St Frances Cabrini who worshipped there. Pope Leo XIII sent her to New York where she is famous for helping poor immigrants.

St John Fisher is one of Rochester’s saints.

St Simon Stock’s relics are at Aylesford Priory.

St Dunstan’s church is the last on the PW where you find the head of St Thomas More, John Fisher’s companion.

St Mildred’s is an ancient church in Canterbury.

St Alphege was invoked by Thomas Becket as he faced death by the sword.

Thomas Becket’s shrine in Canterbury Cathedral is of course the climax of the walk.

They are called the ‘Saints of Southwark’ because the Roman Catholic Archdiocese also embraces Kent. The Anglican Southwark Diocese is not as large although it includes parts of Surrey and the branch of the Pilgrims’ Way coming from Winchester.

**As part of the Jubilee Year there will be a Pilgrim Mass at St George’s Cathedral on Monday 2 June at 10am. This will be followed by a walk along the Romero Way to Southwark Cathedral (Anglican) which was visited by Thomas Becket.