Rome Newsroom, Apr 18, 2025 / 04:00 am. On Good Friday more than 660 years ago, the hot cross bun became part of English culture as well as Catholic history.

Tampering with the Hot Cross Bun. Share full article. May 20, 1900. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from May 20, 1900, Page 27 Buy Reprints.

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By the Middle Ages, many bakers only kept the cross on Good Friday bread. According to popular tales, one 12th-century English monk made spiced buns marked with a cross on Good Friday, because ...