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But it was destroyed after the Lincolnshire Rising of 1536, when the last abbot and three monks were executed.

Caldey Abbey commissioned the report, and its new abbot apologised for the pain and suffering caused.

St Beuno, a seventh century abbot, was said to be so grateful to a curlew for rescuing his prayer book after it fell into the sea that he asked for all curlews to be protected.

And at the closing ceremony, Yeo-am, the temple’s abbot, offered some parting words of wisdom.

State media puts out a continuous stream of reports showing the diminutive dictator lavishing gifts on temples, and as a pallbearer at the funerals of senior abbots.