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

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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A.E.I.O.U. is also the motto of the Theresian Military Academy, established in 1751.[4]

It can also be found on the wall of the Chancellor's office in the Federal Chancellery of Austria. The famous device is probably the best-known motto of pre-modern times, because it has repeatedly been given new interpretations.

Unravelling the mystery of what A.E.I.O.U. means is part of a Centuries-long debate that is still ongoing today.[5]

The Wiener Neustädter Altar is composed of two Triptychs, the upper one being four times taller than the lower one. When the lower panels are opened, the Gothic grate of the former Reliquary above the Altar is revealed.

On weekdays, the four Panels are closed and display a drab painted scene involving seventy-two Saints. On Sundays, the Panels are opened, showing gilded wooden figures depicting events in the life of The Virgin Mary.

Restoration began on its 100th anniversary in 1985 and 

took twenty years, ten art restorers, 40,000 man-hours, and €1.3 million to complete, primarily because its large surface area of 100 square metres (1,100 sq ft).

The Maria Pötsch Icon is a Byzantine-Style icon of Saint 

Mary with The Child Jesus. The icon takes its name from the Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Shrine of Máriapócs (pronounced Poach), whence it was transferred to Vienna.

The picture shows The Virgin Mary pointing to the Child (signifying: “He is the way”) and the Child holding a three-stemmed Rose (symbolising The Holy Trinity) and wearing a Cross from His neck.

The icon was commissioned in 1676 from painter István Papp by László Csigri upon his release as a Prisoner-of-War from the Turks, who were invading Hungary at the time. As Csigri was unable to pay the six-Forint fee, the icon was bought by Lőrinc Hurta who donated it to the Church of Pócs.

After claims of two miraculous incidents in 1696, with the Holy Mother in the picture allegedly shedding real tears, Emperor Leopold I ordered it brought to Saint Stephen’s Cathedral, where it would be safe from the Muslim armies that still controlled much of Hungary.

Upon its arrival after a triumphal five-month journey in 1697, Empress Eleonora Magdalena commissioned the splendid “Rosa Mystica” oklad and framework (now one of several) for it, and the Emperor personally ordered the icon placed near The High Altar in the Church, where it stood prominently from 1697 until 1945.

Since then, it has been in a different framework, above an Altar under a Mediæval Stone Baldachin in the Nave — where many burning candles indicate the extent of its Veneration, especially by Hungarians.

Since its arrival, the picture has not been seen weeping again, but other miracles and answered Prayers have been attributed to it, including Prince Eugene of Savoy’s victory over the Turks at Zenta, few weeks after the icon’s installation in the “Stephansdom”.

The residents of Pócs wanted their holy Miracle-working painting returned, but the Emperor sent them a copy, instead. Since then, the copy has been reported to weep real tears and work Miracles, so the Village changed its name from merely Pócs to Máriapócs and has become an important Pilgrimage site.

Pulpit.

The Stone Pulpit is a Masterwork of Late-Gothic sculpture. Long attributed to Anton Pilgram, today, Niclaes Gerhaert van Leyden is thought more likely to be the Carver.

So that the local language Sermon could be better heard by the Worshippers in the days before microphones and loudspeakers, the Pulpit stands against a Pillar, in the Nave, instead of in the Chancel at the front of the Church.

PART NINE FOLLOWS.