Saint William (☩ 8 June 1154). Archbishop Of York (Twice). Confessor. Feast Day 8 June. White Vestments. A Tale Of Mayhem, Political Intrigue, Suspicion Of Murder, Plotting, Envy, Hate. Good Job We Don't Have That Now. (Part Two).).

Mediæval carved plaque showing Saint William of York crossing the River Ouse. The Bridge collapses, but no-one dies.

Photo: 20 February 2010.

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New research, however, suggests that Emma may have been a daughter of Hunger FitzOdin, who held lands in Dorset in the Domesday survey.[2] 

William was born sometime before the 1090s, but the date is unknown.[2]

William held the Prebendary of Weighton, in the Diocese of Yorkshire, between 27 June 1109 and 24 February 1114.[7] 

[Editor: A Prebendary is a member of the Catholic or Anglican Clergy, a form of Canon with a role in the administration of a Cathedral or Collegiate Church. 

[When attending Services, Prebendaries sit in particular Seats, usually at the back of the Choir Stalls, known as Prebendal Stalls.]

Prebendal Stalls in the Choir 

(Quire) of Salisbury Cathedral.[1]

Note the Prebendary names affixed to the Stalls.

Photo: 20 July 2009.

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Sometime between 1109 and 1114, he was appointed Treasurer of York.[5] He was also appointed Archdeacon of the East Riding of Yorkshire at an unknown date between 1125 and 1133.[8] 

The influence of his rich and powerful father, who had many land-holdings in Yorkshire, may have been of benefit in gaining him these offices at a relatively early age.[9] 

Fragment of the 14th-Century Shrine 

of Saint William of York in The Yorkshire Museum.

Photo: 1 January 2010.

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William apparently held both of these offices until his election as Archbishop.[8] 

Serving under Archbishop Thurstan of York, William became involved in Thurstan’s dispute with King Henry I, after Henry demanded that the Archbishops of York accept subordination to the Archbishops of Canterbury.

PART THREE FOLLOWS.

Absurd Victorian Occupations.

 

Saint Norbert (1080-1134). Bishop And Confessor. Founder Of The Norbertines. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 6 June. White Vestments.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

Saint Norbert.
   Bishop And Confessor.
   Feast Day 6 June.

Double.

White Vestments.

Saint Norbert.

Artist: René de Cramer.

“Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium”.

Used with Permission.

Illustration: UNA VOCE OF ORANGE COUNTY

Norbert, born in 1080 at Xanten, near Cologne, Germany, was educated at The Holy Roman Emperor's Court. One day, when he was riding, accompanied by a servant, he was surprised by a hurricane. Like Saint Paul, on the way to Damascus, he heard a voice calling him to the service of The Church. At that moment, a crash of thunder threw him to the ground. He got up again, determined to Consecrate himself to God.

Having been admitted to Holy Orders, he devoted himself entirely to Preaching The Word of God (Collect).

Later on, guided by The Holy Ghost, Who continually Sanctifies The Church through the Centuries, he chose a Retreat in a deserted spot, called Prémontré, not far from Soissons, and Founded there The Order of Premonstratensians (Collect).

At the death of this Holy Founder, this new family numbered, at this place alone, over one thousand Canons Regular. Saint Norbert shared the full Priesthood of Christ, being Anointed Archbishop of Magdeburg, Germany (Introit, Epistle, Gradual, Offertory). He helped Pope Innocent II to triumph over the Anti-Pope, Anacletus, and was the friend of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. In The Netherlands, he defended Eucharistic Worship against The Heresy of Tanchelmus (see Illustration, above).

Engraving of Prémontré Abbey,

Département Aisne, France.

Founded by Saint Norbert in 1120.

Artist: Tavernier de Jonquières.

Date: 1780s.

Source/Photographer: BNF Richelieu Estampes et photographie Rés.Ve-26j - Fol. Destailleur Province, t. 5 , n. 1200; Bibliothèque nationale de France

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After having put to full profit the talents with which God had entrusted him for the government of his Religious Family and Diocese (Gospel, Communion), "This Man of God," says The Breviary, "full of The Holy Ghost and laden with merits, fell asleep in The Lord, 1134 A.D."

Let us ask of God "to practise what Saint Norbert taught by word and by example" (Collect).

Mass: Státuit.

English: Painting of the triumph of Saint Norbert

over the Heretic, Tanchelmus, in 1124.

Deutsch: Der Triumph des hl. Nobert

über den Irrlehrer Tanchelm im Jahre 1124.

Artist: Joseph Appiani (1706–1785).

Date of painting: 1750.

Current location: Bavarian National Museum.

Source. Own work.

Author: User:FA2010, 2009.

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Saint Basil Of Caesarea. 4th-Century A.D. Bishop. Letter 90.

Saint Basil the Great.

Mosaic. Kiev Hagia Sophia.

Українська: Святий Василій Великий. Мозаїка в Київському соборі Святої Софиї, XI століття.

Русский: Свт. Василий Великий. Мозаика, 

Киевский собор Святой Софии, XI в.

Date: XI-Century.

Source:

http://www.sedmitza.ru/index.html?sid=883&did=49554&p_comment=belief

Author: Unknown.

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The evils which afflict us are well known, 

even if we do not now mention them, 

for long since have they been re-echoed 

through the whole World. 

The teachings of the Fathers are scorned; 

the Apostolic Traditions are set at naught. 

The fabrications of innovators 

are in force in the Churches.

These men, moreover, train themselves 

in rhetorical quibbling and not in theology. 

The wisdom of the World takes first place 

to itself, having thrust aside the glory of The Cross. 

The Shepherds are driven away, 

and in their places are introduced 

troublesome Wolves 

who tear asunder the flock of Christ. 

The Houses of Prayer are bereft of those wont to assemble 

therein; the Solitudes are filled with those who weep. 

The elders weep, comparing the past with the present. 

The young are more to be pitied, 

since they know not 

of what they have been deprived.

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Basil of Caesarea, 

Letter 90.

(tr. Roy J. Deferrari).

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Saint William (☩ 8 June 1154). Archbishop Of York (Twice). Confessor. Feast Day 8 June. White Vestments. A Tale Of Mayhem, Political Intrigue, Suspicion Of Murder, Plotting, Envy, Hate. Good Job We Don't Have That Now. (Part One).

Mediæval carved plaque showing Saint William of York crossing the River Ouse. The Bridge collapses, but no-one dies.

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Saint William of York (Late-11th-Century – 8 June 1154)[a] was an English Priest and twice Archbishop of York, before and after a rival, Henry Murdac.

He was thought to be related to King Stephen of England, who helped to secure his election to the Province [Editor: York] after several candidates had failed to gain Papal confirmation.

William faced opposition from the Cistercians, who, after the election of the Cistercian Pope, Eugene III, had William deposed in favour of a Cistercian, Murdac.

From 1147 until 1153, William worked to be restored to York, which he achieved after the deaths of both Murdac and Pope Eugene III.

Saint William of York.

Available on YouTube

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He did not hold the Province long, dying shortly after his return, allegedly from poison in the Chalice he used to Celebrate Mass.[1] 

Miracles were reported at his tomb from 1177. He was Canonised in 1226.

Early Life.

Born William FitzHerbert in York,[2] William was the son of Herbert of Winchester, or Herbert FitzAlberic,[3] Chancellor and Treasurer of King Henry I.[4] 

Most sources say his mother was Emma, half-sister of King Stephen and Henry of Blois, Bishop of Winchester,[5] and that she was an illegitimate daughter of Stephen II, Count of Blois, Stephen’s father.[6] 

PART TWO FOLLOWS.

Absurd Victorian Occupations.

Saint Boniface. Bishop And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 5 June. Red Vestments.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint Boniface.
   Bishop and Martyr.
   Feast Day 5 June.

Double.

Red Vestments.

Saint Boniface,

by Cornelis Bloemaert, circa 1630.

Date: 26 April 2013.

Source: Het Utrechts Archief

Author: Cornelis Bloemaert (1603-1684).

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Saint Boniface was born in England at the end of the 7th-Century A.D. He is one of the great glories of the Order of Saint Benedict. 

Pope Gregory II sent him to Germany, where, with a chosen band of Monks, he announced The Good News, as Jesus Risen had commanded His Apostles to do, to the people of Hesse, Saxony, and Thuringia (Collect).

Made a Legate of the Apostolic See, by Pope Gregory II, he called together several Synods, among which was the famous Council of Leptines, in the Diocese of Cambrai. 

Appointed Archbishop of Mainz, by Pope Zachary, he, by his order, anointed Pepin, King of The Franks.

After the death of Saint Willibrord, the Church of Utrecht, in Frisia, was committed to his care. 

The Frisians massacred him at Dokkum, with thirty of his Monks, in June 755 A.D. His body was buried in the celebrated Abbey of Fulda, which he had Founded.

Mass: Exsultábo.

English: The Imperial Abbey (Prince-Bishopric) 

of Fulda, Hesse, Germany. Now, Fulda Cathedral.

Deutsch: Reichskloster (Fürstbistum) Fulda.

Aufnahme des de:Fuldaer Dom

Español: Catedral de Fulda.

Français: Cathédrale de Fulda

Photo: 6 April 2004 (original upload date).

Source: Originally from de.wikipedia; 

description page is/was here

Author and original uploader: 

ThomasSD at de.wikipedia

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English: Coat-of-Arms of the Bishops of Fulda.

Deutsch: Wappen des Bistums bzw. des ehemaligen

Fürstbistums und Hochstiftes Fulda.

Date: 29 December 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: David Liuzzo

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Statue of Saint Boniface,

by Werner Henschel, (1830), 

at Fulda, Hesse, Germany.

Photo: 30 July 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: Frank Schulenburg

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The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

The Monastery of Fulda was a Benedictine Abbey, in Fulda, 

in the present-day German State of Hesse. It was Founded in 744 A.D. by Saint Sturm, a Disciple of Saint Boniface.

Through the 8th- and 9th-Centuries A.D., the Fulda Monastery became a prominent centre of learning and culture in Germany, and a site of religious significance and Pilgrimage following the burial of Saint Boniface. The growth in population around Fulda would result in its elevation to a Diocese in the 18th -Century.

English: 

Boniface chops down a Cult Tree in Hessen, Germany. Engraving by Bernhard Rode, 1781.

Deutsch: Bonifacius haut in Hessen einen 

Opferbaum m Radierung von Bernhard Rode 1781.

Date: artwork: 1781; file: 2009.01.17.

Source: Eigene Fotografie (own photography).

Author: Artwork: Bernhard Rode (1725–1797). 

File: James Steakley

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Saint Boniface (Latin: Bonifatius) (675 A.D. – 5 June 754 A.D.), born Winfrid, Wynfrith, or Wynfryth, in the Kingdom of Wessex in Anglo-Saxon England, was a leading figure in the Anglo-Saxon mission to the Germanic parts of the Frankish Empire during the 8th-Century A.D.

He established the first organised Christianity in many parts of Germany. He is the Patron Saint of Germany, the first Archbishop of Mainz and the “Apostle of the Germans”. 

He was killed in Frisia in 754 A.D., along with fifty-two others. His remains were returned to Fulda, where they rest in a sarcophagus, which became a site of Pilgrimage.

Facts about Boniface’s life and death, as well as his work, became widely known, since there is a wealth of material available — a number of “Vitæ” [Editor: “Lives”], especially the near-contemporary “Vita Bonifatii auctore Willibaldi”, and legal documents, possibly some Sermons, and, above all, his correspondence.

According to the “Vitæ”, Boniface felled the Donar Oak, Latinised by Willibald, the “Apostle of the Frisians”, as “Jupiter’s Oak”, near the present-day Town of Fritzlar, in northern Hesse. 

According to his early biographer, Willibald, Boniface started to chop the Oak down, when suddenly a great wind, as if by a Miracle, blew the ancient Oak over.

Saint Boniface Altar,

Fulda Cathedral, Germany.

Photo: 21 October 2006 (original upload date).

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Author: AJW at Dutch Wikipedia

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When the god (“Jupiter”) did not strike him down, the people were amazed and converted to Christianity. He built a Chapel, dedicated to Saint Peter, from its wood at the site — the Chapel was the beginning of the Monastery in Fritzlar.

Through his efforts to re-organise and regulate the Church of the Franks, he helped shape Western Christianity, and many of the Dioceses, that he proposed, remain today. 

After his Martyrdom, he was quickly hailed as a Saint, in Fulda, and other areas in Germany and England.

His cult is still notably strong today. Boniface is celebrated (and criticised) as a Missionary; he is regarded as a Unifier of Europe, and he is seen (mainly by Catholics) as a Germanic national figure.

“Pange Lingua”. Which, No Doubt, You Will Hear At Today’s Magnificent Feast Of Corpus Christi.

“Pange Lingua”.

Which, no doubt, you will hear 

at today’s magnificent Feast of Corpus Christi.

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Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica Of The Nativity Of Saint Mary, Milan, Italy. Basilica Cattedrale Metropolitana Di Santi Maria Nascente, Milano. (Part Two).

English: Milan Cathedral.

Italiano: Milano - Duomo.

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The first Cathedral, the “new Basilica” (Basilica Nova), dedicated to Saint Thecla, was completed by 355 A.D. It seems to share, on a smaller scale, the Plan of the contemporaneous Church recently re-discovered beneath Tower Hill in London. An adjoining Basilica was erected in 836 A,D.

The old Octagonal Baptistery, the Battistero Paleocristiano, dates to 335 A.D., and can be visited under Milan Cathedral. When a fire damaged the Cathedral and Basilica in 1075, they were rebuilt as the Duomo.

Saint Ambrose

barring Emperor Theodosius I from Milan Cathedral.

Artist: Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641).

Date: 1619.

Current location: National Gallery, London.

Source/Photographer:

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/

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English: Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica

of The Nativity of Saint Mary, Milan.

Italiano: Interno del Duomo di Milano.

Photo: 1 January 2000.

Source: Own work.

Author: Paolo da Reggio.

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Milan Cathedral

(Duomo di Milano).

Visit To The Rooftop.

Available on YouTube

HERE

Milan Cathedral.

Photo: 31 December 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mikko Virtaperk.

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English: Stained-Glass Window, Milan Cathedral.

Italiano: Giovanni Battista Bertini (1799-1849)

e Giuseppe Bertini (1825-1898), vetrata (1833-62) 

dell’abside del Duomo di Milano.

Photo: 14 July 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: G.dallorto.

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PART THREE FOLLOWS.

The Month Of June Is Dedicated To The Sacred Heart Of Jesus.

Sacred Heart Of Jesus, May Your Kingdom Come.

Cor Iesu Sacratissimum adveniat regnum tuum.

Available on YouTube

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Florence Cathedral. Cathedral Of Saint Mary Of The Flower. Cattedrale Di Santa Maria Del Fiore.

English: Florence Cathedral.

Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower.

Italian: Cattedrale di Firenze.

Photo: 9 December 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: Assianir

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Florence Cathedral, formally the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower), is the Cathedral of Florence, Italy (Italian: Duomo di Firenze). It was begun in 1296 in the Gothic Style to a design of Arnolfo di Cambio and was structurally completed by 1436, with the Dome engineered by Filippo Brunelleschi.[1]

The exterior of the Basilica is faced with polychrome Marble Panels in various shades of Green and Pink, bordered by White, and has an elaborate 19th-Century Gothic Revival façade by Emilio De Fabris.

The Cathedral complex, in Piazza del Duomo, includes the Baptistry and Giotto's Campanile. These three buildings are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site covering the historic centre of Florence and are a major tourist attraction of Tuscany.

English: Florence Cathedral.

Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower.

Italian: Cattedrale di Firenze.

Photo: 27 August 2013.

Source: [1]

Author: Bruce Stokes on Flickr

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The Basilica is one of Italy’s largest Churches, and, until the development of new structural materials in the modern era, the Dome was the largest in the World. It remains the largest Brick Dome ever constructed. It is the fifth tallest Dome in the World.

The Cathedral is the Mother Church of The Archdiocese of Florence.

Santa Maria del Fiore was built on the site of Florence’s second Cathedral, Dedicated to Saint Reparata;[2] the first was the Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, the first building of which was Consecrated as a Church in 393 A.D., by Saint Ambrose of Milan.[3]

How An Amateur Built The World’s Biggest Dome.

Available on YouTube

HERE

The ancient structure was crumbling with age, according to the 14th-Century Nuova Cronica of Giovanni Villani,[4] and was no longer large enough to serve the growing population of the City.[4] 

Other major Tuscan Cities had undertaken ambitious reconstructions of their Cathedrals during the Late-Mediæval period, such as Pisa and particularly Siena, where the enormous proposed extensions were never completed.

The City Council approved the design of Arnolfo di Cambio for the new Church in 1294.[5] Di Cambio was also Architect of the Church of Santa Croce and the Palazzo Vecchio.[6][7] 

He designed three wide Naves ending under the Octagonal Dome, with the middle Nave covering the area of Santa Reparata.

The first stone was laid on 9 September 1296, by Cardinal Valeriana, the first Papal Legate ever sent to Florence. The building of this vast project was to last 140 years; Arnolfo’s plan for the Eastern End, although maintained in concept, was greatly expanded in size.

English: Florence Cathedral.

Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower.

Italian: Cattedrale di Firenze.

Available on YouTube

HERE

After Arnolfo died in 1302, work on the Cathedral slowed for almost 50 years. When the Relics of Saint Zenobius were discovered in 1330 in Santa Reparata, the project gained a new impetus. 

In 1331, the Arte della Lana, the Guild of Wool Merchants, took over patronage for the construction of the Cathedral and in 1334 appointed Giotto to oversee the work.

Assisted by Andrea Pisano, Giotto continued di Cambio’s design. His major accomplishment was the building of the Campanile. 

When Giotto died on 8 January 1337, Andrea Pisano continued the building until work was halted due to The Black Death in 1348.

In 1349, work resumed on the Cathedral under a series of Architects, starting with Francesco Talenti, who finished the Campanile and enlarged the overall project to include the Apse and the Side Chapels. 

In 1359, Talenti was succeeded by Giovanni di Lapo Ghini (1360 – 1369) who divided the Centre Nave in four square bays. 

Other architects were Alberto Arnoldi, Giovanni d'Ambrogio, Neri di Fioravanti and Andrea Orcagna. 

By 1375, the old Church of Santa Reparata was pulled down. The Nave was finished by 1380, and only the Dome remained incomplete until 1418.

Florence Cathedral and the Baptistry of Saint John.

Photo: 12 May 2022.

Source: Own work.

Author: RThiele

(Wikimedia Commons)

On 19 August 1418,[8] the Arte della Lana announced an architectural design competition for erecting Neri’s Dome. The two main competitors were two Master Goldsmiths, Lorenzo Ghiberti and Filippo Brunelleschi, the latter of whom was supported by Cosimo de Medici. 

Ghiberti had been the winner of a competition for a pair of Bronze Doors for the Baptistry in 1401 and lifelong competition between the two remained sharp. Brunelleschi won and received the commission.[9]

Ghiberti, appointed co-adjutor, drew a salary equal to Brunelleschi’s and, though neither was awarded the announced prize of 200 Florins, was promised equal credit, although he spent most of his time on other projects. 

When Brunelleschi became ill, or feigned illness, the project was briefly in the hands of Ghiberti. But Ghiberti soon had to admit that the whole project was beyond him. In 1423, Brunelleschi was back in charge and took over sole responsibility.[10]

Work on the Dome began in 1420 and finished in 1436. The Cathedral was Consecrated by Pope Eugene IV on 25 March 1436, (the first day of the year according to the Florentine Calendar). 

It was the first Octagonal Dome in history to be built without a temporary wooden supporting frame. It was one of the most impressive projects of The Renaissance. 

During the Consecration in 1436, Guillaume Dufay’s Motet “Nuper rosarum flores” was performed.

A Fibre Glass replica of Michaelangelo’s David statue.

This was the location original planned for the statue.

Photo: 11 November 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: sailko

(Wikimedia Commons)

The decoration of the exterior of the Cathedral, begun in the 14th-Century, was not completed until 1887, when the polychrome Marble façade was completed with the design of Emilio De Fabris. The floor of the Church was relaid in Marble Tiles in the 16th-Century.

The exterior Walls are faced in alternate vertical and horizontal bands of polychrome Marble from Carrara (White), Prato (Green), Siena (Red), Lavenza, and a few other places. 

These Marble bands had to repeat the already existing bands on the Walls of the earlier adjacent Baptistry, the Battistero di San Giovanni, and Giotto's Bell Tower.

There are two Side Doors: The Door of the Canonici (South Side) and the Door of the Mandorla (North Side); with sculptures by Nanni di Banco, Donatello, and Jacopo della Quercia. 

The six Side Windows, notable for their delicate Tracery and Ornaments, are separated by Pilasters. Only the four Windows closest to The Transept admit light; the other two are merely ornamental. 

The Clerestory Windows are round, a common feature in Italian Gothic.

English: The façade of Santa Maria del Fiore,

Florence Cathedral.

Français: La façade de Santa Maria del Fiore,

la Cathédrale de Florence.

Photo: 2 June 2022.

Source: Own work.

Author: Jebulon

(Wikimedia Commons)

The Overseers of The Office of Works of Florence Cathedral, the Arte della Lana, had plans to commission a series of twelve large Old Testament sculptures for the Buttresses of the Cathedral.[12]

Donatello, then in his early twenties, was commissioned to carve a statue of David in 1408, to top one of the Buttresses of Florence Cathedral, though it was never placed there.

Nanni di Banco was commissioned to carve a Marble statue of Isaiah, at the same scale, in the same year. 

One of the statues was lifted into place in 1409, but was found to be too small to be easily visible from the ground and was taken down; both statues then languished in the workshop for several years.[13][14][15]

English: “The Last Judgement”

in the Dome of Florence Cathedral.

Italiano: Giudizio Universale-dettaglio centrale-Giorgio Vasari-Federico Zuccari-Cupola-Santa Maria del Fiore (Firenze).

Artists: Vasari and Zuccari.

Photo: 17 March 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: Paolo Villa

(Wikimedia Commons)

In 1410, Donatello made the first of the statues, a figure of Joshua, in Terracotta. In 1409-1411, Donatello made a statue of Saint John the Evangelist, which, until 1588, was in a niche of the old Cathedral façade.

Between 1415 and 1426, Donatello created five statues for the Campanile of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, also known as the Duomo. 

These works are: The Beardless Prophet; Bearded Prophet (both from 1415); the Sacrifice of Isaac (1421); Habbakuk (1423–25); and Jeremiah (1423–26); which follow the classical models for orators and are characterised by strong portrait details.

A figure of Hercules, also in Terracotta, was commissioned from the Florentine sculptor Agostino di Duccio in 1463 and was made perhaps under Donatello’s direction.[16]

A statue of David, by Michelangelo, was completed 1501-1504, although it could not be placed on the Buttress because of its six-ton weight. In 2010, a Fibre Glass replica of David was placed for one day on Florence Cathedral.

The rest of the Article on this most beautiful Cathedral in Florence can be read HERE.