Martyrs' cross

Now on the wall of Old St Paul's memorial chapel, this iron cross originally hung 12 feet up on a wall next to the gallows, so that it would be the last thing someone there would see before they died.

OLD SAINT PAUL'S is a historic Anglican church in the Catholic tradition. It stands on the site of the original home of Scottish Episcopalianism in Edinburgh. Today, it is a living centre of worship and witness in the heart of Edinburgh.

There have been people worshipping on this site since 1689, when a breakaway group from the old Cathedral of Saint Giles led by Bishop Alexander Rose moved into an old wool store in Carrubber's Close.

Although the present building dates from the 19th century, Old Saint Paul's has a history going back 300 years to the beginning of the Scottish Episcopal Church. More than any other church in Scotland the history of Old Saint Paul's has been the history of the Scottish Episcopal Church itself; often embattled, at times romantic, on occasion triumphant.

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