Birmingham Oratory

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The Birmingham Oratory is a Catholic oratory and church on the Hagley Road, Birmingham, England. It is also known as Little Rome in Birmingham. The church was constructed between 1907 and 1910 in the Baroque style as a memorial to Cardinal Newman, founder of the English Oratory.

J. R. R. Tolkien worshipped here for about seven years.

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