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Did you know that lighthouses have a history filled with romance and surprising origins? Lighthouse keeping, marking dangerous reefs, and leading mariners safely into port, were formerly the work of Christian charity. Churches performed these duties when there was no one else to carry them out. One example of coastal lighting comes monks and hermits, who in the fourteenth century, warned mariners of dangers by maintaining lights during night. Research would likely reveal many similar tales. But here's a surprising twist: Could some towers or steeples of parish churches on the coast have doubled as lighthouses? Imagine entire congregations unknowingly guiding ships at sea! What other secrets might these silent sentinels hold?