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==Name==
The street is supposed to have received its name from the fact that, when the monks and clergy of [[St Paul's Cathedral]] would go in [[procession]] chanting the great [[litany]], they would recite the [[Lord's Prayer]] (''Pater Noster'' being its [[incipit|opening line]] in [[Latin]]) in the litany along this part of the route. The prayers said at these processions may have also given the names to nearby [[Ave Maria Lane]] and [[Amen Corner, London|Amen Corner]].
Another possible etymology is that it was the main place in London where [[paternoster beads]] were made. The beads were popular with the laity, as well as illiterate monks and friars at the time, who prayed 50 Paternoster prayers (Latin for "Our Father") [[Fixed prayer times#Christianity|three times a day]] as a substitute for the 150 psalms recited a day by literate monks.<ref name="Miller2002">{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=John D. |title=Beads and Prayers: The Rosary in History and Devotion |date=27 August 2002 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-0-86012-320-0 |page=ix |language=en}}</ref><ref>Fr. D Calloway, ''Champions of the Rosary: The History and Heroes of a Spiritual Weapon'', 2016</ref>
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