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12 September, 2026

Ottobeuren Abbey, Bavaria, Germany. (Part One).

The façade of Ottobeuren Basilica,
designed by Johann Michael Fischer, has been
hailed as the pinnacle of Bavarian Baroque architecture.
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Rococo-Style Nave of Ottobeuren Abbey.

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Ottobeuren is a Benedictine Abbey, in Ottobeuren, near Memmingen, in the Bavarian Allgäu, Germany.

For part of its history Ottobeuren Abbey was one of the approximately forty self-ruling Imperial Abbeys of the Holy Roman Empire and, as such, was a virtually Independent State.

At the time of its dissolution in 1802, the Imperial Abbey covered 266 square kilometers (sixty-six thousand acres) and had about 10,000 subjects.

Ottobeuren Abbey.

Bavaria, Germany.

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It was founded in 764 A.D. by Toto, and dedicated to Alexander of Bergamo, the Martyr. Of its early history, little is known beyond the fact that Toto, its first Abbot, died about 815 A.D. and that Ulrich of Augsburg was its Abbot in 972 A.D.

In the 11th-Century, its discipline was on the decline, until Abbot Adalhalm (1082 – 1094) introduced the Hirsau Reform.

The same Abbot began a restoration of the decaying buildings, which was completed along with the addition of a Convent for noble women, by his successor, Abbot Rupert I (1102 – 1145).

Under the rule of the latter, the newly-Founded Marienberg Abbey was recruited with Monks from Ottobeuren Abbey.

PART TWO FOLLOWS.

The Most Holy Name Of Mary. Feast Day 12 September. White Vestments.

“Birth of The Virgin”.
Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682).
Date: 1660.
Current location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France.
Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art
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Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Feast Day 12 September.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

Just as a few days after Christmas, we Celebrate The Holy Name of Jesus, so, after the birth of the Virgin, according to the custom of the Jews, her Holy Parents, inspired by God, say Saint Jerome and Saint Antoninus, gave her the Name of Mary.

Wherefore, during the Octave of the Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary, the Liturgy gives a Feast in honour of this Holy Name.

Spain, with the approval of Rome, in 1513, was the first to Celebrate it, and in 1683 it was extended to the whole Church by Pope Innocent XI to thank Mary for the victory which John Sobieski, King of Poland, had just gained against the Turks who beseiged Vienna and threatened the West.

“The Name of the Virgin,” says the Gospel, “was Mary.” The Hebrew name of Mary, in Latin “Domina”, means “Lady”, or, “Sovereign”; for the authority of her Son, Lord of the World, makes her a Sovereign from her birth in fact as well as in name.

Whence, as we call Jesus “Our Lord”, we say of Mary that she is “Our Lady”.

To proclaim her name, is to proclaim her Power.

Let us offer the Holy Sacrifice to God to honour The Most Holy Name of Mary and to obtain by her intercession her continual protection (Postcommunion).

Mass: Vultum tuum.

Preface of The Blessed Virgin Mary: Et te in Festivitáte.

The Fifth Day Within The Octave Of The Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. The Feast Day Of The Most Holy Name Of Mary. 12 September. White Vestments.

Text from “The Liturgical Year”.
By: Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.
Volume 14.
Time After Pentecost.
Book V.

“Who is she that cometh forth as the Morning Rising, fair as the Moon, bright as the Sun, terrible as an Army set in array ?” [Song of Solomon (Canticles) vi. 9.]

Such is thy growth, O Mary ! Not the holiest life, were it even

of Patriarchal duration, will ever attain the degree of progress made under the influence of Divine Power by the Soul of the Most Pure Virgin, in these few days elapsed since her coming on Earth.

First, there is the progress of her intellect: Not subject to the obscurity which envelopes the minds of men at their entrance into the World, it is a faithful mirror, into which the Word of God pours floods of that light which is also life.

Then the progress of love in that heart of the Virgin and the Mother, wherein The Holy Spirit already delights to awake such ineffable harmonies, and to dig still deeper depths.

Lastly, the progress of that victorious power, which made Satan tremble at the moment of The Immaculate Conception, and which has constituted Mary the incomparable Queen of the hosts of the Lord.

Two glorious triumphs, two victories won under the protection of Our Lady, have rendered this present day illustrious in the annals of The Church and of history.

Manicheism, revived under a variety of names, had established itself in the South of France, whence it hoped to spread its reign of shameless excess. But Dominic appeared with Mary’s Rosary for the defence of the people.

On 12 September 1213, Simon de Montfort and the Crusaders of The Faith, one against forty, crushed the Albigensian army at Muret. This was in the Pontificate of Pope Innocent III.

Nearly five Centuries later, the Turks, who had more than

once caused the West to tremble, again poured down upon Christendom.

Vienna, worn out and dismantled, abandoned by its Emperor, was surrounded by 300,000 infidels. But another great Pope, Innocent XI, again confided to Mary the defence of the Baptised Nations.

Sobieski, mounting his Charger on the Feast of Our Lady’s Assumption, hastened from Poland by forced marches. On the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary, 12 September 1683, Vienna was delivered; and then began for the Osmanlis that series of defeats which ended in the Treaties of Carlowitz and Passarowitz, and the dismemberment of the Ottoman Empire.

The Feast of The Most Holy Name of Mary inscribed on the Calendar of the Universal Church, was the homage of the World’s gratitude to Mary, Our Lady and Our Queen.

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The Feast of The Most Holy Name of Mary was removed

from the Church Calendar in the Liturgical reform following Vatican II. [Such wonderful and beneficial actions from that ignoble undertaking.]

It was restored by Pope Saint John Paul II in 2002, along

with The Feast Of The Holy Name of Jesus.

[Editor: It is surely beyond comprehension and Liturgical competency how the so-called “experts” during Vatican II decided in “their so-called wisdom” to eradicate the Feast of The Most Holy Name Of Mary. By their actions will they be known.]

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The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.

The Feast of The Most Holy Name of The Blessed Virgin Mary is an Optional Memorial Celebrated in the Liturgical Calendar of The Catholic Church on 12 September.

It has been a universal Roman Rite Feast since 1684, when Pope Innocent XI included it in the General Roman Calendar to Commemorate the victory at the Battle of Vienna in 1683.[1]

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The Text for this Article was taken from “The Liturgical Year”, by Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B., written circa 1875, when this Feast was on the Sunday within the Octave of the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady.

Subsequently, after being restored by Pope Saint John Paul II, this Feast was moved to 12 September. Readers can now see other Articles on this wonderful Feast of Our Lady on that date on this Blog.

11 September, 2026

Cathedral And Metropolitan Church Of Saint Stephen And All Saints, Vienna, Austria. (Part Twelve).

English:
Cathedral and Metropolitan Church of
Saint Stephen and All Saints, Vienna, Austria.
Deutsch:
Dom-und-Metropolitankirche zu
Sankt Stephan und allen Heiligen,
Wien, Österreich.
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Fees from advertising on the netting around the scaffolding were defraying some of the costs of the work, but the concept of such advertising was controversial and has been discontinued.

As of December 2008, the majority of the restoration on the South Tower has been finished, and most scaffolding removed.

Systematic cleaning of the interior is gradually proceeding around the walls, and an outdoor relief of “Christ in Gethsemane” is being restored.

A major project has been recently completed for which visitors and worshippers in Saint Stephen’s Cathedral had been waiting since 1147: Better heating of the Church during the Winter.

Previous systems, including fireplaces, just deposited soot and grease on the artwork, but the new system uses apparatus in many different locations so that there is little moving airflow to carry damaging particles. The Church is now heated to around 10 °C (50 °F).

Some of the architectural drawings date from The Middle Ages and are on paper fifteen feet long (five metres) and too fragile to handle.

Laser measurements of the ancient Cathedral have now been made so that a digital three-dimensional virtual model of the Cathedral now exists in its computers, and detailed modern plans can be output at will.

When weathered stonework needs to be repaired or replaced, the computerised system can create life-sized models to guide the nine, full-time, stonemasons in the on-site workshops by the North Wall of the Cathedral.

On 29 March 2014, a thirty-seven-year-old man vandalised the interior of the Cathedral by pushing the statue of Saint Jude Thaddeus from its marble base.[20]

In November 2019, art historians discovered a mural under layers of dirt on the wall of what is now the Cathedral’s Gift Shop. It is believed to be the work of the Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer.[21][22]

Mozart’s funeral took place in 1791 in the Chapel of The Holy Cross. Also, the funeral of Antonio Vivaldi took place there in 1741.[26] In addition, the funeral of Niki Lauda, former Formula One World Champion and entrepreneur, took place there in 2019.[32]

As Vienna’s landmark, Saint Stephen’s Cathedral is featured in media, including films, video games, and television shows.

These include The Third Man and Burnout 3. The Cathedral is also depicted on the Austrian 10 Cent Euro coins and on the packaging of the Manner-Schnitten wafer treat.

The Archdiocese of Vienna allowed the Manner Company to use the Cathedral as its Logo, in return for funding the wages of one Stonemason doing repair work on the Cathedral.[33]

In 2008, Sarah Brightman performed a Concert promoting her latest album, “Symphony”, which was recorded for a TV broadcast and a further DVD release.

Balassi Mass.

Since 2008, the two Sabres of the Balint Balassi Memorial Sword Award, Founded by Pal Molnar, have been Blessed during a Balassi Mass, held a few days before the Award Ceremony.

On 25 January 2013, in the presence of some three hundred Hungarians, Bishop Laszlo Kiss-Rigo Blessed the two Swords during a Mass Celebrated in the Cathedral.[34]

THIS CONCLUDES THE ARTICLE ON VIENNA CATHEDRAL.

The Stunning Basilica Of San Juan De Dios, Granada, Spain. Pure Wonder.

Basilica Of San Juan De Dios, Granada, Spain.

All Illustrations LITURGICAL ARTS JOURNAL

This Article, by John Paul Sonnen, is taken from, and can be read in full at, LITURGICAL ARTS JOURNAL

At the peak of the Spanish Rococo Baroque period, the Basílica de San Juan de Dios was built in Granada, Spain.

Every surface is embellished in Gilt and Statuary.

The result is a feast for the eyes, offering the best that Spanish Baroque has to offer.

The effect is pure wonder, offering limitless moments for meditation. Indeed, it is truly one of the most extraordinary Monuments built to the Glory of God in Spain.

Basilica of San Juan de Dios, Granada, Spain.

Available on YouTube

HERE

Visitors experience a genuine sense of dazzlement, being left in a state of feeling blinded by intense beauty, overwhelmed by brilliance and splendour.

The human senses reel from the magnificence and opulence of the place, observing holy decor and ornamentation everywhere.

The Basilica was completed in 1759 after nearly twenty years of construction. The timing was perfect.

In those years. Ships laden with Gold were arriving from the New World.

Skilled local artisans fashioned the Gold from the Americas to cover every part of the Interior in order to give Glory to God and to honour the memory of Saint John of God.

The Fourth Day Within The Octave Of The Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Text from “The Liturgical Year”.
By: Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.
Volume 14.
Time After Pentecost.
Book V.

“Dimitte me, jam enim ascendit aurora”; let me go for it is break of day;” [Genesis xxx, 26.] such were the words which put an end to the struggle between the Angel and the Patriarch on the banks of the torrent.

Blessed dawn which triumphed over God Himself ! How long had been that night, during which the human race had been struggling by its supplications and tears !

Ever since the Fall, the Angel of Justice had been guarding the entrance to the true land of promise; at every turn, he was to be found, resisting in his inexorable vengeance poor, wandering, outcast man.

How is it, then, that the inflexible has now yielded ? That Spiritual being, so superior to our weak, halting, nature, why is he the first to speak of closing the struggle, and to own himself vanquished ?

It is because, as with God so with the Angel, light is strength. Now our Earth, hitherto buried in deepest night, has suddenly reflected back to Heaven brighter splendours than ever Cherubim shed down upon the Dominations and Virtues and Powers and Principalities, beside whom, a while ago, man was so very little.

It is because at length in the glimmering dawn, which already subdues him, the Angel of Justice foresees the Sun Himself, the Sun of Justice, who, rising from the bosom of the human race, is to make Himself answerable for it.

Man is no longer a pariah compared with the Angel; he is Israel, “the strong against God.” To come to terms with him is no longer derogatory to the Angelic dignity; to yield to him is no humiliation: The day is breaking.

Blessed be thou, whose radiant innocence thus raised up to the throne of God our proscribed race. With the Angels for allies instead of adversaries, we are henceforth one great army, of which thou art the Queen.

Secrets Of Oxburgh Hall: Some New Finds At A 15th-Century Catholic House That Kept The Faith.

This Article (from September 2020) is taken from, and can be read in full at, CATHOLIC HERALD

By: Constance Watson
4 September 2020

It’s a remarkable haul. Last month, more than 2,000 artefacts were unearthed at Oxburgh Hall, a 15th-Century Moated House in Norfolk – some of which provide evidence of secret Catholic Worship from Queen Elizabeth I’s reign.

The findings include books, manuscripts, musical scores and off-cuts of clothing that indicate concealed Worship from the 16th-Century, all kept for Centuries in the building, home to The Bedingfeld Family.

A Copy of the 1568 edition of “The Kynges Psalmes”,
written by Saint John Fisher, was found hidden in a void at
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk, during a re-roofing project.

A fingertip archaeological search under attic floorboards, during a re-roofing project, led to the discovery, one of the largest ever in a National Trust property. The most precious find so far is a fragment from a 15th-Century Illuminated Manuscript.

Anna Forest, The National Trust curator who is overseeing the work, said that “the Text is distinct enough for us to identify it as part of The Latin Vulgate Psalm 39 (Expectans expectavi).”

The National Trust contacted Dr James Freeman, Mediæval Manuscripts specialist at Cambridge University Library. He explained that “the page may be from a Psalter, but its small size – just 8 cm x 13 cm – suggests it once was part of a Book of Hours.”

Anna added that, despite Centuries of concealment, the Gold Leaf and Blue Ink from the Illuminated Initials remains “vibrant”.

Meanwhile, scraps of Handwritten Music – apparently showing a Soprano part – hint at the singing which would have been part of the clandestine Worship at the house.

The Curator, Anna Forest, examines a 15th-Century Illuminated Manuscript discovered under the floorboards of Oxburgh Hall.

Another intriguing discovery is a fragment from a 1590 edition of a Spanish tale, written in 1420. The Trust points out that Recusants had a special interest in reading Spanish stories, imbued as they were with Catholicism.

These and other items have a deep Historical and Spiritual resonance. In 1559, Queen Elizabeth I’s Act of Uniformity changed everything for The Bedingfeld Family.

Sir Henry Bedingfeld, the occupant of Oxburgh Hall, had been a figure of some political influence under Queen Mary. But the new Act effectively banned the practice of Catholicism by enforcing the English Book of Common Prayer as the set order of Prayer in England.

It also dictated that all of the Queen’s subjects were obliged to go to Church once a week or face financial penalties. Sir Henry could not abide by The Act, which put an end to his involvement with the Tudor Court.

The house became a place where Catholicism could be practised away from the eyes of the authorities – as shown by the Priest-Hole for which the building is well known. The new discovery confirms that The Bedingfeld Family remained true to their Catholic Faith despite the dangers of ostracism and, indeed. persecution, were they to be discovered.

A tiny fragment of 16th-Century Handwritten Music.

It is not the first time that the secrets of Oxburgh Hall have made historians sit up. The author, Dr Linda Porter, told the Catholic Herald that she uncovered a significant document at the house when researching her book “Mary Tudor: The First Queen”: “It is a proclamation in which Mary proclaims herself Queen, days before the actual proclamation in London on 19 July [1553], and it shows how well organised she and her party were, that they felt there was enough support, politically and militarily.

“I am not surprised they found these artefacts there – it is an absolutely fascinating house,” she says. Of the most recent findings, “the most interesting and complete thing that they found is a rather battered collection of Prayers, part of which had been published by Katherine Parr and gathered in one volume.” Katherine Parr was a Protestant but “her original works on choosing and publishing Prayers were from Catholic sources”. This 1568 book, which researchers are now studying, is another sign of The Bedingfelds’ hidden devotion.

Russell Clement, General Manager at Oxburgh Hall, told the Press: “We had hoped to learn more of the history of the house during the re-roofing work, and have commissioned paint analysis, wallpaper research, and building and historic graffiti recording. But these finds are far beyond anything we expected to see. These objects contain so many clues which confirm the history of the house as the retreat of a devout Catholic Family, who retained their Faith across the Centuries.”

He adds that there may well be more to come. “This is a building which is giving up its secrets slowly. We don’t know what else we might come across – or what might remain hidden for future generations to reveal.”

Saint Protus And Saint Hyacinth. Martyrs. Feast Day, Today, 11 September. Red Vestments.

Saint Protus and Saint Hyacinth.

Date: 2 June 2006 (original upload date).

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Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus,

Blisland, Cornwall, England.

Photo: June 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana Mattis

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Saint Protus and Saint Hyacinth were Christian Martyrs (Persecution of Emperor Valerian 257 A.D.–259 A.D.).

Protus’ name is sometimes spelled Protatius, Proteus, Prothus, Prote, and Proto. Saint Hyacinth is sometimes called by his Latin name Hyacinthus (in French: Hyacinthe; Spanish: Jacinto; and Italian: Giacinto).

The day of their annual Commemoration is mentioned in the “Depositio Martyrum” on 11 September, in the Chronographia for the year 354 A.D. The Chronographia also mentions their graves, in the Cœmeterium of Basilla on the Via Salaria, later the Catacomb of Saint Hermes. The “Itineraries” and other early authorities likewise give this as their place of burial.

Tradition holds that Protus and Hyacinth were brothers. They served as Chamberlains to Saint Eugenia, and were Baptised, along with her, by Helenus, Bishop of Heliopolis. Devoting themselves zealously to the study of Sacred Scripture, they lived with the Hermits of Egypt and, later, accompanied Eugenia to Rome. There, they were arrested for their Christianity by Emperor Gallienus (260 A.D.–268 A.D.). Refusing to deny their Faith, they were first scourged and then beheaded on 11 September.

Martyrdom of Saint Protus and Saint Hyacinth.
From a 14th-Century Manuscript.
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Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus,
Blisland, Cornwall, England.
Photo: June 2004.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana Mattis
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In 1845, Father Marchi discovered the still-undisturbed grave of Saint Hyacinth in a Crypt of the above- mentioned Catacomb. It was a small square Niche, in which lay the ashes and pieces of burned bone, wrapped in the remains of costly stuffs.

Evidently, the Saint had been burnt; most probably both Martyrs had suffered death by fire. The Niche was closed by a marble slab, similar to that used to close a Loculus, and bearing the original Latin inscription that confirmed the date in the old Roman Martyrology:

D P III IDUS SEPTEBR

YACINTHUS
MARTYR
(Buried on 11 September Hyacinthus Martyr).

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Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus,
Blisland, Cornwall, England.
Photo: June 2004.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana Mattis
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Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus,
Blisland, Cornwall, England.
Photo: June 2004.
Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana Mattis
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In the same Chamber were found fragments of an Architrave, belonging to some later decoration, with the words:

. . . S E P U L C R U M P R O T I M (artyris) . . .
(Grave of the Martyr Protus).

Thus, both Martyrs were buried in the same Crypt. Pope Damasus I wrote an Epitaph, in honour of the two Martyrs, part of which still exists. In the Epitaph, Pope Damasus calls Protus and Hyacinth “brothers”.

When Pope Leo IV (847 A.D.–855 A.D.) transferred the bones of a large number of Roman Martyrs to the Churches of Rome, the Relics of these two Saints were to be translated, also; but, probably on account of the devastation of the Burial Chamber, only the grave of Saint Protus was found. His bones were transferred to San Salvatore on the Palatine Hill.

The remains of Saint Hyacinth were placed (1849) in the Chapel of the Propaganda College. Later, the tombs of the two Saints, and a Stairway, built at the end of the 4th-Century A.D., were discovered and restored.

The Parish Church of Blisland, Cornwall, England, is Dedicated to Saint Protus. It is known locally as Saint Pratt and Saint Hyacinth.

Wooden Vaulting.
Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus,
Blisland, Cornwall, England.
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Source: Own work.
Author: Mattana Mattis
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The following Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saints Protus and Hyacinth.
Martyrs.
Feast Day 11 September.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

After having been cruelly scourged, these two brothers were beheaded and took their places in The Army of Martyrs (Alleluia).

This was at Rome, about 260 A.D., under Emperors Valerian and Gallian.

Mass: Salus autem.