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What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edinburgh, George Square, the Chapel of St Albert the Great as Chapel (21st Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Albert the Great, a 13th-century Dominican friar and scholar, is venerated as a patron of scientists and philosophers; the chapel in his name in George Square, Edinburgh, reflects his historical significance in Catholic intellectual tradition. No specific local cures, folklore, or ritual traditions linked to the site have been recorded.
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