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21 March, 2026
Wells Cathedral (Part Twenty).
The Great West Front,
Wells Cathedral.
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The Decorated Interior is described by Alec Clifton-Taylor as “architecturally, the most beautiful in England”.[92] It is Octagonal, with its Ribbed Vault supported on a Central Column. The Column is surrounded by Shafts of Purbeck Marble, rising to a single continuous rippling Foliate Capital of stylised Oak Leaves and Acorns, quite different in character from the Early-English Stiff-Leaf Foliage.
Chapter House, Wells Cathedral.
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Above the Moulding, spring thirty-two Ribs of strong profile, giving an effect generally likened to “a great Palm Tree”.[92]
The windows are large with Geometric Decorated Tracery that is beginning to show an elongation of form, and Ogees in the Lesser Lights that are characteristic of Flowing Decorated Tracery.
The Tracery Lights still contain ancient Glass.[92] Beneath the windows are fifty-one Stalls, the Canopies of which are enlivened by carvings including many heads carved in a light-hearted manner.[92]
Wells Cathedral contains one of the most substantial collections of Mediæval Stained-Glass in England,[119] despite damage by Parliamentary troops in 1642 and 1643.[120]
Chapter House, Wells Cathedral.
Photo: 9 July 2014.
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Attribution:
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The oldest surviving Stained-Glass dates from the Late-13th-Century and is in two windows on the West side of the Chapter House staircase. Two windows in the South Choir Aisle are from 1310 to 1320.[1]
The Lady Chapel has five windows, of which four date from 1325 to 1330 and include images of a local Saint, Dunstan.[1][119]
PART TWENTY-ONE FOLLOWS.
Saint Joseph. The Foster Father Of Jesus. An Intercessor Of Great Power.
Taken from the Institute of Christ The King media
Saint Joseph with the Infant Jesus.
Artist: Guido Reni (1575–1642).
Date: 1620s.
Collection: Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art
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The Litany is from
SSPX. SOCIETY OF SAINT PIUS X
Litany of
Saint Joseph.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God The Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God The Son, Redeemer of the World, have mercy on us.
God The Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, Pray for us
Saint Joseph, Pray for us
Noble scion of David, Pray for us
Light of The Patriarchs, Pray for us
Spouse of The Mother of God, Pray for us
Chaste Guardian of The Virgin, Pray for us
Foster-Father of The Son of God, Pray for us
Sedulous Defender of Christ, Pray for us
Head of The Holy Family, Pray for us
Joseph most Just, Pray for us
Joseph most Chaste, Pray for us
Joseph most Prudent, Pray for us
Joseph most Valiant, Pray for us
Joseph most Obedient, Pray for us
Joseph most Faithful, Pray for us
Mirror of Patience, Pray for us
Lover of Poverty, Pray for us
Model of all who labour, Pray for us
Glory of Family Life, Pray for us
Protector of Virgins, Pray for us
Pillar of Families, Pray for us
Consolation of The Afflicted, Pray for us
Hope of The Sick, Pray for us
Patron of The Dying, Pray for us
Terror of The Demons, Pray for us
Protector of Holy Church, Pray for us
Lamb of God,
Who takes away the sins of the World,
spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God,
Who takes away the sins of the World,
graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God,
Who takes away the sins of the World,
have mercy on us.
Versicle: He made him the lord of his household.
Response: And prince over all his possessions.
Let us Pray.
God, Who, in Thine ineffable Providence didst vouchsafe to choose Blessed Joseph to be The Spouse of Thy Most Holy Mother; grant, we beseech Thee, that we may be worthy to have him for our Intercessor in Heaven, whom, on Earth, we Venerate as our protector.
Who livest and reignest World without end.
Amen.
Saint Benedict (Circa 480 A.D. - Circa 547 A.D.). Abbot. Founder Of The Benedictine Order. Feast Day, Today, 21 March. White Vestments.
Saint Benedict.
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Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.Saint Benedict.
Abbot.
Founder Of The Benedictine Order.
Feast Day 21 March.
Greater-Double.
White Vestments.
Saint Benedict is represented holding a broken vase out of which comes a dragon: For he was once given a vase filled with poisoned wine, which broke to pieces when he Blessed it. He is shown holding his Holy Rule, where he gives to his sons the Motto U.I.O.G.D., which means: “Ut In Ómnibus Glorificétur Deus” (“That God May Be Glorified In All Things”).
At his feet, a raven clutches a poisoned loaf, also given to Saint Benedict to encompass his death. He called the bird and ordered it to carry the loaf to a place where it should harm
no-one. The bird obeyed, carried away the loaf and returned three hours after, as if to show The Man of God that he had been obeyed.
Saint Benedict and the cup of poison.
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Location: Museum of Melk Abbey, Austria.
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English: The Saint Benedict Medal.
Polski: Medal Krzyż św. Benedykta, stosowany
też jako medalik, medalion, katolickie sacramentalium - wygląd klasyczny, tradycyjny, oryginalnye.
Photo: 23 June 2015.
Source: Own work.
Author: Milki~plwiki
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[Editor: On the front of the Saint Benedict Medal is Saint Benedict holding a Cross, in his Right Hand, The Christian symbol of Salvation, and, in the Left Hand, his Rule for Monasteries. To Benedict's right, below The Cross, is a poisoned cup, a reference to the legend that hostile Monks attempted to poison him, and the cup, containing poisoned wine, shattered when the Saint made The Sign of The Cross over it. To his left, below The Rule, the raven that carried off a loaf of poisoned bread. From this, is derived the Tradition that the Medal protects against poisoning.]
Monks' Night Office.
Illustration: CANTICUM SALOMONIS
At every turning of history, God raises up great Saints in order to strengthen the supernatural hold over Souls exercised by The Church in virtue of her Divine Mission.
The Roman Empire had crumbled down and the Barbarians had invaded the whole of Europe, Then, appeared, Benedict, as Chief of The Monks of The West. He was born at Nursia, in Umbria, Italy, in 480 A.D. Sent to Rome for his studies, but already endowed with the wisdom of age, says Saint Gregory, he fled from the World to the solitude of Subiaco, Italy.
After spending three years in a cave, he attracted crowds by his virtue.
The great Roman families sent their children to him and he soon Founded, in the mountains, twelve Monasteries, “Schools for The Lord's Service”, where, under the direction of an Abbot, the Monks learned, by the exercise of public Prayer, of private Prayer, and, of work, to forget self and live in God.
Where It All Began.
Saint Benedict’s Impact From Subiaco, Italy.
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Saint Benedict, in the Holy Rule, orders the examination
of Novices to ascertain if “they are full of solicitude for the
Work of God, for obedience, and for humiliation” (Holy Rule, Chapter 48).
As “idleness is the enemy of the Soul” (Holy Rule, Chapter 48), the Holy Law-Giver, adding example to his words, showed his disciples how they were to clear lands and hearts. Uniting manual labour “with constant Preaching to the pagan population of Monte Cassino” [Dialogues of Saint Gregory], he left to his sons the Monastic Motto “Ora et Labora” (“Pray and Work”).
Forty days after the death of his sister, Saint Scholastica, Saint Benedict, standing at the foot of the Altar where he had just, by Holy Communion, taken part in the Sacrifice of The Mass and of Calvary, and supported by his disciples, who surrounded him, gave up to God his Soul transfigured by sixty-three years of austere Penance and of Fidelity to The Divine Law, which he kept in his heart (Introit).
He died in 547 A.D.
“The Holy Rule”, as The Councils called it, “inspired by the same Spirit Who has dictated The Sacred Canons” (Council of Douai), has Sanctified thousands of Souls (a recent Commentator mentions 57,000 known Benedictine Saints, of which 5,555 for Monte Cassino, alone), which, especially during the six Centuries when no other important Order existed in Europe (Saint Benedict lived in the 6th-Century A.D., Saint Dominic and Saint Francis in the 13th-Century, Saint Ignatius in the 16th-Century, Saint Vincent de Paul in the 17th-Century) left everything, following the example of the glorious Patriarch of The West (Gospel), “to enrol themselves in The Militia of Christ” (Prologue of The Rule of Saint Benedict) under The Benedictine Observance.
[Italy and France, in the 7th-Century A.D. and 8th-Century A.D., were covered with Monasteries, which counted up to a thousand Monks or Nuns. Even then, numerous Laymen, Forming Confraternities, entered the Institution of Secular Oblates, which allowed them, as The Third Orders later did, to participate in all the merits of The Benedictine family.
[In 1780, says Godescard, The Order counted 30,000 Houses. Reduced to 2,000 Houses after The French Revolution, today it counts, with its Branches, over 14,000 subjects.]
[Editor: Jean-François Godescard: Ordained Priest for the Diocese of Rouen, France, in 1756, he subsequently exercised the functions of Prior of Notre-Dame de Bon-Repos de Versailles and Canon of Saint-Honoré de Paris.
[He was a Member of the Rouen Academy of Sciences, Fine Letters and Arts.]
The first of Saint Benedict’s precepts recommends not to prefer anything to the Liturgical Worship in which Adoration finds its most perfect expression.
Saint Benedict is called “The Doctor of Humility”. [Saint Benedict, in the 7th Chapter of his Holy Rule, presents a ladder which leads Souls to Heaven by Twelve Degrees of Humility and Love of God.]
He was a Prophet and wrought Miracles [his empire over devils is still exercised nowadays by the Medal of Saint Benedict, which works wonders, especially in Missionary Countries, where Satan is most powerful] and “was filled with the Spirit of all The Just” says Saint Gregory.
The first of Saint Benedict’s precepts recommends not to prefer anything to the Liturgical Worship in which Adoration finds its most perfect expression.
Saint Benedict is called “The Doctor of Humility”. [Saint Benedict, in the 7th Chapter of his Holy Rule, presents a ladder which leads Souls to Heaven by Twelve Degrees of Humility and Love of God.]
He was a Prophet and wrought Miracles [his empire over devils is still exercised nowadays by the Medal of Saint Benedict, which works wonders, especially in Missionary Countries, where Satan is most powerful] and “was filled with the Spirit of all The Just” says Saint Gregory.
Among his sons, are counted more than twenty Popes, and an immense number of Bishops, Doctors of The Church [five sons of Saint Benedict are numbered among the Doctors of The Church], Apostles [Saint Augustine of Canterbury converted England, Saint Boniface converted Germany, Saint Amandus, Saint Willibrord, Saint Anscharius, and others, brought to The Faith more than twenty pagan Nations], Learned Men and Educators, who have deserved well of humanity and of The Church.
By his life, he powerfully co-operated in the work of redemption and his glorious death has made him the Patron of Holy Dying.
“Let us keep our lives in all purity, so as to atone for, and correct, during the Holy Season of Lent, all the negligences of other times”. [Saint Benedict’s Holy Rule, Chapter 49.]
Mass: Os justi.
[The Benedictine Order have a Proper Mass for today.]
Commemoration: Of the Feria.
Last Gospel: Of the Feria.
unless stated otherwise.
The Saint Benedict Medal is a Christian Sacramental Medal containing Symbols and Text related to the Life of Saint Benedict of Nursia, used by Roman Catholics, as well as Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and the Western Orthodox, in the Benedictine Christian Tradition, especially Votarists and Oblates.
The Reverse of the Medal carries the Vade retro satana (“Begone, Satan !”). Sometimes carried as part of a Rosary, it is also worn separately.
The exact time and date of the making of the first Saint Benedict Medal are not clear. The Medal was originally a Cross, dedicated to the devotion in honour of Saint Benedict.
The Reverse of the Medal carries the Vade retro satana (“Begone, Satan !”). Sometimes carried as part of a Rosary, it is also worn separately.
The exact time and date of the making of the first Saint Benedict Medal are not clear. The Medal was originally a Cross, dedicated to the devotion in honour of Saint Benedict.
At some point, Medals were struck that bore the image of Saint Benedict holding a Cross aloft in his Right Hand and his Rule for Monasteries in the other hand.
Then, a sequence of Capital Letters was placed around the large figure of The Cross on the Reverse of the Medal.
Then, a sequence of Capital Letters was placed around the large figure of The Cross on the Reverse of the Medal.
The meaning of what the Letters signified was lost over time until, around 1647, an old Manuscript was discovered at the Benedictine Saint Michael's Abbey, Metten, Bavaria, Germany.
In the Manuscript, written in 1415, was a picture depicting Saint Benedict holding, in one hand, a Staff, which ends in a Cross, and a Scroll, in the other hand.
On the Staff and Scroll were written in, full, the words of which the mysterious Letters were the initials, a Latin Prayer of Exorcism against Satan.
The Manuscript contains the Exorcism formula Vade retro satana (“Step back, Satan !”), and the Letters were found to correspond to this phrase.
The Exorcism Prayer is found in an Early-13th-Century legend of the Devil's Bridge, at Sens, France, wherein an Architect sold his Soul to the devil, and then, subsequently, repented.
The Manuscript contains the Exorcism formula Vade retro satana (“Step back, Satan !”), and the Letters were found to correspond to this phrase.
The Exorcism Prayer is found in an Early-13th-Century legend of the Devil's Bridge, at Sens, France, wherein an Architect sold his Soul to the devil, and then, subsequently, repented.
M. le Curé, of Sens, wearing his Stole, Exorcised the devil, driving him away with Holy Water and the words Vade retro satana (“Step back, Satan !”), which he made the Penitent repeat.
Medals bearing the image of Saint Benedict, a Cross, and these Letters, began to be struck in Germany, and soon spread over Europe.
Medals bearing the image of Saint Benedict, a Cross, and these Letters, began to be struck in Germany, and soon spread over Europe.
Saint Vincent de Paul (☩ 1660) seems to have known of it, for his Daughters of Charity have always worn it attached to their Rosary Beads, and for many years it was only made, at least in France, for them.
Saint Benedict Medal.
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23 December 1741 and, again, on 12 March 1742. The Medal, in its Traditional design, was in use for many decades and is still in use, today.
In Gabriel Bucelin's 1679 “Benedictus redivivus”, he recounts several incidents in which Saint Benedict's Medal was viewed as efficacious in addressing illness or some local calamity. In the 1743 “Disquisitio sacra numismata, de origine quidditate, virtute, pioque usu Numismatum seu Crucularum S. Benedicti, Abbatis, Viennae Austriae, apud Leopoldum Kaliwoda”, Abbot Löbl, of Saint Margaret's Monastery, Prague, recommended recourse to the Medal as a remedy against bleeding.
Abbot Prosper Guéranger, O.S.B., relates several incidents of Religious Conversions, which he attributes to the Intercession of Saint Benedict through the pious use of the Medal.
In Gabriel Bucelin's 1679 “Benedictus redivivus”, he recounts several incidents in which Saint Benedict's Medal was viewed as efficacious in addressing illness or some local calamity. In the 1743 “Disquisitio sacra numismata, de origine quidditate, virtute, pioque usu Numismatum seu Crucularum S. Benedicti, Abbatis, Viennae Austriae, apud Leopoldum Kaliwoda”, Abbot Löbl, of Saint Margaret's Monastery, Prague, recommended recourse to the Medal as a remedy against bleeding.
Abbot Prosper Guéranger, O.S.B., relates several incidents of Religious Conversions, which he attributes to the Intercession of Saint Benedict through the pious use of the Medal.
Saturday Of The Fourth Week In Lent. Lenten Station At The Basilica Of Saint Nicholas-In-Prison (San Nicola-In-Carcere). Violet Vestments.
Peterborough Cathedral.
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Saturday of the Fourth Week in Lent.
Station at Saint Nicholas-in-Prison (San Nicola-in-Carcere).
Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.
Violet Vestments.
English: Basilica of Saint Nicholas-in-Prison
(San Nicola-in-Carcere), Rome.
Italiano: San Nicola in Carcere è una chiesa di Roma.
Deutsch: San Nicola in Carcere ist eine Kirche in Rom.
Photo: March 2012.
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The Station is at a Church built on the ruins of three pagan temples and Consecrated to Saint Nicholas. It is called “in Carcere” because, in former times, it had a dungeon.
Here are Venerated the Remains of The Holy Martyrs: Mark; Marcellinus; Faustinus; Simplicius; Beatrice. The Remains are contained in an ancient urn, placed under The High Altar. The Interior of the Church, in the form of a Basilica, is very harmonious.
San Nicola-in-Carcere.
Photo: ROMASPQR
Saint Nicholas-in-Prison
(San Nicola-in-Carcere), Rome.
Photo: ROMASPQR
However, before the 8th-Century A.D., The Lenten Station
was kept at Saint Laurence “in Lucina”; this is why so many allusions to “Light” are made in this Mass. Water is also mentioned; it reminds the Catechumens of The Water of Baptism for which they are longing; besides, it alludes also to the fact that The Stational Procession, coming from the Church of Sant’Angelo “Piscium Venditor” (at Castel Sant’Angelo) had to walk along the River Tiber.
Isaias, from whom the Introit and the Epistle of the Mass
The Basilica of Saint Nicholas-in-Prison
(San Nicola-in-Carcere).
Photo: August 2007.
Source: San Nicola-in-Carcere
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Isaias, from whom the Introit and the Epistle of the Mass
are taken, sees hastening from all sides the Catechumens and Public Penitents who are waiting with Holy Impatience for the Easter Feast, when, at last, their Souls may quench their thirst in the Springs of Grace through the Sacraments of Baptism and Penance.
They were in darkness and Jesus gives them Light (Epistle), for He tells us, in the Gospel, that He is “the Light of the World” and that he who follows Him walketh not in darkness, but in the Light of Life.
[Jesus was at Jerusalem, at the beginning of the third year of His public ministry, to assist at the Feast of Tabernacles. Two large “Sconces” [Editor: A Sconce is a type of Light Fixture affixed to a wall, in such a way that it uses only the wall for support, and the Light is usually directed upwards, but not always], lighted in the temple, could be seen from the whole City of Jerusalem. It was then that Jesus declared Himself to be “the Light of the World”].
Let us also, by Penance, cast out sin from our hearts, and let us ask Christ to fill them with the Light of His Grace.
Mass: Sitiéntes.
Preface: Of Lent.
The following Text is from ROMAN CHURCHES
Perhaps the most interesting thing about the Church, is
How the three temples became a Church is completely
Alternatively, one of the temples could have been used as a prison during periods of civic disorder during the Early-Dark Ages, such as the Sacking of the City by Barbarians in the
In the 11th-Century, the Church was known as San Nicola Petrus Leonis, referring to the Convert Jewish Pierleoni family, who rebuilt the nearby Theatre of Marcellus as a fortress. (They became famous Roman Patricians in the Middle Ages.)
It was re-modelled in 1599, when the present Mannerist façade was added, and restored in the 19th-Century on the orders of Blessed Pope Pius IX.
In the 20th-Century, the edifice almost succumbed to the nationalist passion for excavating and exposing the surviving architectural remains of the Roman Empire.
They were in darkness and Jesus gives them Light (Epistle), for He tells us, in the Gospel, that He is “the Light of the World” and that he who follows Him walketh not in darkness, but in the Light of Life.
[Jesus was at Jerusalem, at the beginning of the third year of His public ministry, to assist at the Feast of Tabernacles. Two large “Sconces” [Editor: A Sconce is a type of Light Fixture affixed to a wall, in such a way that it uses only the wall for support, and the Light is usually directed upwards, but not always], lighted in the temple, could be seen from the whole City of Jerusalem. It was then that Jesus declared Himself to be “the Light of the World”].
Let us also, by Penance, cast out sin from our hearts, and let us ask Christ to fill them with the Light of His Grace.
Mass: Sitiéntes.
Preface: Of Lent.
The Minor Basilica of Saint Nicholas-in-Prison
(San Nicola-in-Carcere), Rome.
Photo: April 2007.
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Author: Lalupa
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The following Text is from ROMAN CHURCHES
San Nicola-in-Carcere, Rome, is a Church Dedicated to Saint Nicholas of Myra, the Patron Saint of Sailors and of Children, and the remote cause of the phenomenon of Santa Claus.
It is a Minor Basilica and a Titular Church, and is also the Regional Church for those people from Puglia and Lucania living in Rome. However, it is no longer a Parish Church. The address is Via del Teatro di Marcello 46 in the rione Ripa, just North of the Bocca del Verità.
It is a Minor Basilica and a Titular Church, and is also the Regional Church for those people from Puglia and Lucania living in Rome. However, it is no longer a Parish Church. The address is Via del Teatro di Marcello 46 in the rione Ripa, just North of the Bocca del Verità.
Aisle of the Basilica of Saint Nicholas-in-Prison
(San Nicola-in-Carcere), Rome.
Photo: ROMASPQR
that it incorporates the remains of three temples of the Republican Era (2nd-Century B.C.), which used to stand in a row, side by side in the ancient Forum Holitorium, with their entrances facing East. It is difficult to determine, from the extant sources, which temple was dedicated to which divinity, but the consensus is as follows.
The Northernmost was dedicated to Janus, and had two
The Northernmost was dedicated to Janus, and had two
rows of six Ionic Columns of Peperino at the entrance and eight Columns down each side. Two Columns survive to the North, and seven Columns to the South, embedded with their Architrave in the Church’s North Wall. Well-preserved parts
of the Podium also survive in the Crypt.
The site of the middle temple is occupied by the Church; the temple was dedicated to Juno Sospita and was in the Ionic Style.
Basilica of Saint Nicholas-in-Prison
(San Nicola-in-Carcere), Rome.
The two Columns, standing on the Left
of the picture, are “Peperino Columns”.
Photo: July 2008.
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Three Columns survive (out of six Columns), embedded in the façade, and other remains exist in the Crypt and also at the end of the Left Aisle.
The Southern, much smaller, temple was dedicated to Spes (“Hope”, personified as a goddess).
The Southern, much smaller, temple was dedicated to Spes (“Hope”, personified as a goddess).
It was in the Doric Style, with six Columns at the entrance and eleven Columns down each side. Seven Columns of the North Side are embedded in the South Wall of the Church.
There used to be a fourth temple, just to the North, the temple of Pietas, built by Manius Acilius Glabrio, who was Consul in 191 B.C., but this was demolished for the construction of the Theatre of Marcellus.
There used to be a fourth temple, just to the North, the temple of Pietas, built by Manius Acilius Glabrio, who was Consul in 191 B.C., but this was demolished for the construction of the Theatre of Marcellus.
English: Basilica of Saint Nicholas-in-Prison
(San Nicola-in-Carcere) with Roman Relics.
German: San Nicola-in-Carcere (Rom)
mit altrömischen Relikten.
Photo: May 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Berthold Werner
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obscure. A surmise is that the middle temple was converted into a Church in the 6th-Century A.D., but there is no documentary evidence at all.
The name “Carcere”, meaning “prison”, is also puzzling.
The name “Carcere”, meaning “prison”, is also puzzling.
There is a reference, in Pliny, which reads: “ . . . Templo Pietatis exstructo in illius carceris sede ubi nunc Marcelli theatro est” (“The Temple of Piety was built on the site of the prison, where the Theatre of Marcellus now is”), but, if this is the same prison, it requires a memory of it to have persisted for at least seven hundred years.
The High Altar,
Basilica of San Nicola-in-Carcere, Rome.
Photo: ROMASPQR
5th-Century A.D., or the Gothic Wars in the 6th-Century A.D.
Citizens may have been imprisoned in order to extort ransoms. However, these theories again have no documentary evidence. The puzzle of the name caused people in The Middle Ages to mistake the Church for the site of the Mamertine Prison.
The first certain reference is from 1128, attested by a Plaque
Citizens may have been imprisoned in order to extort ransoms. However, these theories again have no documentary evidence. The puzzle of the name caused people in The Middle Ages to mistake the Church for the site of the Mamertine Prison.
The first certain reference is from 1128, attested by a Plaque
in the Church recalling its rebuilding and Consecration. The Inscription is not easy to read, and the Diocese has the year
as 1088.
The Dedication to Saint Nicholas was perhaps as a result of
the Greek population then living in the area, as the Saint has always been popular in the Byzantine Rite. However, he has long been popular in The West, as well, and his Shrine is at Bari (which is why this is the Puglian Regional Church).
The Dedication to Saint Nicholas was perhaps as a result of
the Greek population then living in the area, as the Saint has always been popular in the Byzantine Rite. However, he has long been popular in The West, as well, and his Shrine is at Bari (which is why this is the Puglian Regional Church).
Basilica of Saint Nicholas-in-Prison
(San Nicola-in-Carcere), Rome.
Photo: July 2006.
Source: Flickr
Author: Patrick Denker
Reviewer: Mac9
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It was re-modelled in 1599, when the present Mannerist façade was added, and restored in the 19th-Century on the orders of Blessed Pope Pius IX.
In the 20th-Century, the edifice almost succumbed to the nationalist passion for excavating and exposing the surviving architectural remains of the Roman Empire.
The surrounding buildings, many of them Mediæval, were demolished, leaving the Church isolated. When Mussolini’s grandiose Via del Mare road scheme was executed, the present wide road was pushed through at a much lower level than the original street, and hence the Church is now only accessible in front by steps.
An engraving, by Vasi, shows the “Streetscape” before
An engraving, by Vasi, shows the “Streetscape” before
all this destruction (see the “Romeartlover” external link at “Romeartlover” Web-Page with Vasi engraving “Roma Sotteranea” Web-Page).
A further unfortunate result was that the surrounding area was depopulated (few people live around here, even now), and this left the ancient Parish unviable.
The Parish was Suppressed in 1931, and the Church made dependent on Santa Maria-in-Campitelli.
An image depicting the position of the present Basilica in relation to the original three Roman Republican-era temples.
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Our Lady Of The Atonement Cathedral,
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