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05 December, 2025
Christmas Services at Gloucester Cathedral.
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Saint Sabbas. Abbot. Feast Day 5 December. White Vestments.
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Sabbas.
Abbot.
Feast Day 5 December.
Simple.
White Vestments.
The Relics of Saint Sabbas in the Catholicon
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He died 531 A.D. at the age of ninety-four.
Mass: Os justi: (Of Abbots).
Commemoration: Of Saint Sabbas, in The Ferial Mass, by the Collects from the Mass: Os justi: (Of Abbots).
04 December, 2025
“Te Lucis Ante Terminum”. Compline Hymn For Feast Day Of Saint Barbara, Today, 4 December.
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Re-typeset from Antiphonale Romanum, 1949,
using Cæciliæ typeface.
Text from the Analecta Hymnica Vol. 52, No. 125,
“Officia et Vita ms.
S. Barbarae (Cælestinorum Ambianensium) sæc. 15. Cod. privat.
(L. Rosenthal).
— Dieser und die zwei vorhergehenden Hymnen
waren bisher unediert.”
“Te Lucis Ante Terminum”.
Composed By: Thomas Tallis.
Sung By: The Gesualdo Six.
Location: Ely Cathedral.
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“Te Lucis Ante Terminum”
(Ferial Tone).
Composed By: Thomas Tallis.
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Te lucis ante terminum,
rerum Creator, poscimus,
ut solita clementia,
sis praesul et custodiam.
Procul recedant somnia,
et noctium phantasmata:
hostemque nostrum comprime,
ne polluantur corpora.
Praesta, Pater omnipotens,
per Iesum Christum Dominum,
qui tecum in perpetuum
regnat cum Sancto Spiritu.
Amen.
Before the ending of the day,
Creator of the World, we Pray
That with Thy wonted favour,
Thou Would’st be our guard and keeper now.
From all ill dreams defend our eyes,
From nightly fears and fantasies;
Tread under foot our ghostly foe,
That no pollution we may know.
O Father, that we ask be done,
Through Jesus Christ, Thine only Son;
Who, with the Holy Ghost and Thee,
Shall live and reign eternally.
Amen.
Saint Peter Chrysologus. Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 4 December. White Vestments.
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Saint Peter Chrysologus.
Bishop.
Confessor.
Doctor Of The Church.
Feast Day 4 December.
Double.
White Vestments.
Saint Peter Chrysologus.
Artist: School of Guercino.
Date: 17th-Century.
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Collection:
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Saint Peter Chrysologus gained the name Chrysologus, which means "Speech of Gold", by his great eloquence. As The Collect reminds us, his promotion to The See of Ravenna (433 A.D.), owing to an apparition of the Apostle Saint Peter to Pope Sixtus III, was miraculous.
"You are The Salt of The Earth . . . and The Light of The World," says the Gospel. "Preach The Word; be instant in Season, out of Season; reprove, entreat, rebuke . . . do the work of an Evangelist," continues the Epistle.
That was what Saint Peter Chrysologus did: He composed more than one hundred and sixty Homilies, full of learning, which earned him the Title of Doctor of The Church.
It was he who wrote this well-known saying: "He who amuses himself with Satan cannot rejoice with Christ."
He died at Imola in 450 A.D.
Let us listen lovingly to The Word of God.
Mass: In médio.
Commemoration: Of The Feria.
Commemoration: Of Saint Barbara.
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Peter Chrysologus (Greek: Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Χρυσολόγος,
The following Text is form Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.
Peter Chrysologus (Greek: Ἅγιος Πέτρος ὁ Χρυσολόγος,
Petros Chrysologos, meaning Peter The "Golden-Worded") (circa 380 A.D. – circa 450 A.D.), was Bishop of Ravenna from about 433 A.D. until his death. He is known as “The Doctor of Homilies” for the concise, but theologically rich, reflections that he delivered during his time as the Bishop of Ravenna.
He is revered as a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church; he was declared a Doctor of The Church by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729.
He is revered as a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church; he was declared a Doctor of The Church by Pope Benedict XIII in 1729.
Saint Barbara. Virgin And Martyr. Feast Day, Today, 4 December. Red Vestments.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Barbara.
Virgin And Martyr.
Feast Day 4 December.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Barbara.
Virgin And Martyr.
Feast Day 4 December.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
Saint Barbara Altarpiece.
Artist: Wilhelm Kalteysen (1420–1496).
Date: 1447.
Collection: National Museum in Warsaw.
Note: Painted for Saint Barbara’s Church, Wrocław, Poland (today an Orthodox Church). Initially a Polyptych,
the Wings were lost during World War II.
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Saint Barbara died in Asia Minor about 235 A.D. She is included in "The Fourteen Auxiliary Saints".
Mass: Loquébar.
Pictures of Front and Back of
Order of Saint Barbara Medallion,
Patron Saint of Artillerymen.
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Saint Barbara (Greek: Αγία Βαρβάρα, Coptic: Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲃⲁⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ), whose Feast Day is 4 December, known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an Early-Christian Greek Saint and Martyr. Accounts place her in the 3rd-Century A.D. in Heliopolis, Syria, present-day Baalbek, Lebanon.
There is no reference to her in the authentic Early-Christian writings, nor in the original Recension of Saint Jerome's Martyrology. Her name can be traced to the 7th-Century A.D., and Veneration of her was common, especially in the East, from the 9th-Century A.D.
Because of doubts about the historicity of her legend, she was removed from the General Roman Calendar in the 1969 Revision, though not from the Catholic Church’s List of Saints.
Saint Barbara is often portrayed with Chains and a Tower. As one of The Fourteen Holy Helpers, Barbara continues to be a popular Saint in modern times, perhaps best known as the Patron Saint of Armourers, Artillerymen, Military Engineers, Miners, and others who work with Explosives, because of her old legend’s association with Lightning, and also of Mathematicians.
Many of the thirteen Miracles in a 15th-Century French version of her story turn on the security she offered, that her devotees would not die without making Confession and receiving Extreme Unction.
03 December, 2025
The First Wednesday Of Advent.
Text is from “The Liturgical Year”.
By: Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.
Volume 1.
Advent.
Jerusalem is tending to her destruction; therefore, she is losing all power, and, with the rest, the power of understanding. She no longer knows whither she is going, and she sees not the abyss into which she is plunging.
Such are all those men, who never give a thought to the coming of the Sovereign Judge; they are men of whom Moses said in his Canticle: “They are a nation without counsel and without wisdom. O that they would be wise and would understand, and would provide for their last end !”
The Son of God comes now in the swaddling-clothes of a weak Babe, in the humility of a servant, and, to speak with the Prophets, as the dew which falls softly drop by drop; but it will not always be so.
This Earth also, which now is the scene of our sins and our hard-heartedness, will perish before the face of the angry Judge; and, if we have made it the one object of our love, to what shall we then cling ?
“A sudden death which has happened in your presence,” says Saint John Chrysostom, “or an earthquake, or the bare threat of some dire calamity, terrifies and prostrates you: What then shall it be when the whole Earth shall sink beneath your feet; when you shall see all nature in disorder; when you shall hear the sound of the last trumpet; when the Sovereign Master of the universe shall appear before you in the fullness of His Majesty ?
“Perchance you have seen criminals dragged to punishment; Did they not see to die twenty times before they reached the place of execution, and before the executioner could lay his hands on them, fear had crushed out life ?”
Oh !, the terror of that last day ! How is it that men can expose themselves to such misery, when to avoid it, they have but to open their hearts to Him, Who is now coming to them in gentlest love, asking them to give Him a place in their Souls, and promising to shelter them from the wrath to come, if they will but receive Him !
Oh, Jesus, who can withstand Thy anger at the last day ? Now, Thou art our Brother, our Friend, a little Child Who is to be born for us: We will therefore make covenant with Thee; so that, loving Thee now in Thy first coming, we may not fear Thee in the second.
When Thou comest in that second one, bid Thy Angels to approach us, and say to us those thrilling words: “It is well !”
Saint Francis Xavier. Confessor. Apostle Of The Indies. Feast Day 3 December. White Vestments.
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Text from “The Liturgical Year”.
By: Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.
Volume 1.
Advent.
Saint Francis Xavier.
Confessor.
Apostle Of The Indies.
Feast Day 3 December.
White Vestments.
The Apostles being the heralds of the coming of The Messias, it was fitting that Advent should have in its Calendar the name of some one among them.
Divine Providence has provided for this; for, to say nothing of Saint Andrew, whose Feast Day is oftentimes past before the Season of Advent has commenced, Saint Thomas’s Feast Day is unfailingly kept immediately before Christmas.
We will explain, later on, why Saint Thomas holds that position rather than any other Apostle; at present, we simply assert the fitness of there being at least one of the Apostolic College, who should announce to us, in this period of the Catholic Cycle, The Coming of The Redeemer.
The design is attributed to Ignatius of Loyola.
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But God has not wished that the first Apostolate should be the only one to appear on the first page of the Liturgical Calendar; great, also, though in a lower degree, is the glory of that second Apostolate, whereby the bride of Jesus Christ multiplies her children, even in her fruitful old age, as the Psalmist expresses it. [Psalms xci. 15.]
There are Gentiles who have still to be evangelised; the coming of The Messias is far from having been announced to all Nations. Now, all of the valiant messangers of The Divine Word who have, during the last few hundred years, proclaimed the good tidings among infidel Nations, there is not one whose glory is greater, who has worked greater wonders, or who has shown himself a closer imitator of the first Apostles, than the modern Apostle of The Indies, Saint Francis Xavier.
The life and Apostolate of this wonderful man were a great triumph for our mother the holy Catholic Church; for Saint Francis came just at a period when heresy, encouraged by false learning, by political intrigues, by covetousness, and by all the wicked passions of the human heart, seemed on the eve of victory.
Emboldened by all these, this enemy of God spoke, with the deepest contempt, of that ancient Church which rested on the promises of Jesus Christ; it declared that she was unworthy of the confidence of men, and dared even to call her the harlot of Babylon, as though the vices of her children could taint the purity of the mother.
God’s time came at last, and He showed Himself in His power: The garden of The Church suddenly appeared rich in the most admirable fruits of sanctity. Heroes and heroines issued from that apparent barrenness; and whilst the pretended reformers showed themselves to be the most wicked of men, two countries, Italy and Spain, gave to the World the most magnificent Saints.
One of these is brought before us today, claiming our love and our praise. The Calendar of The Liturgical Year will present to us, from time to time, his contemporaries and his companions in Divine Grace and heroic sanctity. The 16th-Century is, therefore, worthy of comparison with any other age of The Church.
Saint Francis Xavier preaching in Goa.
Artist: André Reinoso (fl. 1610–1641).
Collection: Museu de São Roque
Date: 1610.
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But at that very time, a society of Apostles was offering itself to the Roman Pontiff, that he might send them to plant the true Faith among people who were sitting in the thickest shades of death. But, we repeat, not one of these holy men so closely imitated the first Apostles as did Francis, the disciple of Ignatius of Loyola.
He had all the marks and labours of an Apostle; An immense world of people evangelised by his zeal, hundreds of thousands of infidels Baptised by his indefatigable ministration, and Miracles of every kind, which proved him, to the infidel, to be marked with the sign which they received who, living in the flesh, planted The Church, as The Church speaks in her Liturgy.
Statue of Saint Francis Xavier.
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Superior, Wisconsin, United States of America.
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May Our Lord Jesus Christ be for ever praised for having vindicated the honour of The Church, His bride, by raising up Francis Xavier, and giving to men, in this His servant, a representation of what the first Apostles were, whom He sent to Preach the Gospel when the whole World was pagan.
Saint Francis Xavier. Confessor. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 3 December. White Vestments.
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Francis Xavier.
Confessor.
Feast Day 3 December.
Greater-Double.
White Vestments.
Statue of Saint Francis Xavier,
Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church,
Superior, Wisconsin, United States of America.
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Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552), was touched, after a long resistance, by the words constantly repeated to him by Saint Ignatius Loyola: "What does it profit a man if he gains the whole World, and suffers the loss of his own Soul ?" He then became one of Saint Ignatius' most zealous fellow-workers in the newly-formed Society of Jesus (The Jesuits).
"Go ye into the whole World, and Preach the Gospel to every creature," says the Gospel. "Their sound hath gone forth into all the Earth, and their words unto the ends of the whole World," adds the Epistle.
This was the programme of the whole life of Saint Francis Xavier," whose Preaching and Miracles added to The Church the Nations of The Indies" (Collect). He Preached the Gospel there, and in Japan, to more than fifty Kingdoms, and converted innumerable pagans.
Let us share in the Apostolic zeal of this Saint, who has earned the glorious Title of Patron of The Propagation of The Faith; and let us help this work with our Prayers and our Alms.
Mass: Loquébar.
Commemoration: Of The Feria.
Saint Francis Xavier.
Patron Saint of Missionaries.
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Saint Francis Xavier, S.J. (who was born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta, 7 April 1506 - 3 December 1552), was a Navarrese-Basque Roman Catholic Missionary, born in Javier (Xavier in Navarro-Aragonese or Xabier in Basque), Kingdom of Navarre (now part of Spain), and a co-founder of the Society of Jesus.
He was a companion of Saint Ignatius of Loyola and one of the first seven Jesuits who took vows of Poverty and Chastity at Montmartre, Paris in 1534.
He led an extensive Mission into Asia, mainly in the Portuguese Empire of the time, and was influential in Evangelisation work, most notably in India. He also was the first Christian Missionary to venture into Japan, Borneo, the Maluku Islands, and other areas.
He led an extensive Mission into Asia, mainly in the Portuguese Empire of the time, and was influential in Evangelisation work, most notably in India. He also was the first Christian Missionary to venture into Japan, Borneo, the Maluku Islands, and other areas.
In those areas, struggling to learn the local languages and in the face of opposition, he had less success than he had enjoyed in India. Xavier was about to extend his Missionary Preaching to China, but died in Shangchuan Island shortly before he could do so.
Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church,
Superior, Wisconsin, United States of America.
Illustration: SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER CHURCH WEB-SITE
In 1624, he was made Co-Patron of Navarre, Spain. Known as “The Apostle of The Indies,” and “The Apostle of Japan”, he is considered to be one of the greatest Missionaries since Saint Paul.
In 1927, Pope Pius XI published the Decree “Apostolicorum in Missionibus”, naming Saint Francis Xavier, along with Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Co-Patron of all Foreign Missions.
In 1927, Pope Pius XI published the Decree “Apostolicorum in Missionibus”, naming Saint Francis Xavier, along with Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Co-Patron of all Foreign Missions.
He is now Co-Patron Saint of Navarre, Spain, with San Fermin. The Day of Navarre (Día de Navarra) marks the Anniversary of Saint Francis Xavier’s death, on 3 December 1552.
02 December, 2025
“Missa Papæ Marcelli”. Composed By: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Sung By: The Tallis Scholars. Director Of Music: Peter Phillips.
“Missa Papæ Marcelli”.
Composed By:
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.
Sung By: The Tallis Scholars.
Director of Music: Peter Phillips.
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The Traditional Latin Mass. Palestrina’s “Missa Papæ Marcelli - Kyrie”. Sung By: The Tallis Scholars.
The Traditional Latin Mass.
Palestrina’s “Missa Papæ Marcelli - Kyrie”.
Sung By: The Tallis Scholars.
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Saint Bibiana. Virgin And Martyr. Whose Feast Day Is, Today, 2 December. Red Vestments.
Frescoes by Pietro da Cortona.
Church of Santa Bibiana, Rome.
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Fresco by Agostino Ciampelli.
Church of Santa Bibiana, Rome.
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Saint Bibiana.
Statue by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Church of Santa Bibiana, Rome.
Photo: 30 August 2013.
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Saint Bibiana.
Feast Day 2 December.
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Text is from “The Liturgical Year”.
By: Abbot Guéranger, O.S.B.
Volume 1.
Advent.
Of the Saints whose Feast Days are kept during Advent, five are Virgins. The first, Saint Bibiana, whom we honour, today, is a daughter of Rome.
The second, Saint Barbara, is the glory of the Eastern Churches.
The third, Saint Eulalia of Merida, is one of Spain’s richest treasures.
The fourth, Saint Lucy (Santa Lucia), belongs to beautiful Sicily.
The fifth, Saint Odilia, is claimed by France.
Santa Bibiana Church, Rome.
Chiesa di Santa Bibiana, Roma.
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These five wise Virgins lighted their lamps and watched, waiting for the coming of the Spouse. Such was their constancy and fidelity, that four of them shed blood for the love of Him, after Whom they longed.
Let us take courage by this noble example; and since we have not, as the Apostle expresses it, as yet resisted unto blood, let us not think it hard if we suffer fatigue and trouble in the holy exercises of this Penitential Season of Advent: He, for Whom we do them all, will soon be with us and repay us.
Today, it is the chaste and courageous Bibiana who instructs us by her glorious example.
Basilique Notre-Dame De Fourvière, Lyon, France. “The Upside-Down Elephant”.
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière,
Lyon, France.
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Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière.
The Statue of Mary on the Left of the Basilica.
Basilique de Fourvière (Lyon) vue de la Saône.
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The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière (French: Basilique Notre-Dame de Fourvière) is a Minor Basilica in Lyon, France. It was built with private funds between 1872 and 1896 in a dominant position overlooking the City. The site it occupies was once the Roman Forum of Trajan, (Latin: “Forum Vetus”) (Old Forum), thus its name (as an inverted corruption of the French Vieux-Forum).
Fourvière is dedicated to The Virgin Mary, to whom is attributed the salvation of the City of Lyon from The Bubonic Plague that swept Europe in 1643.[1]
Each year in early December (8 December, Feast Day of
The Immaculate Conception), Lyon thanks The Blessed Virgin for saving the City, by lighting candles throughout the City, in what is called the Fête des Lumières, or, The Festival of Lights.[2]
The Virgin is also credited with saving the City a number of other times, such as from a Cholera epidemic in 1832, and from Prussian invasion in 1870.[1]
During The Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), Prussian forces, having taken Paris, were progressing South towards Lyon. Their halt and retreat were, once again, attributed by The Church to the Intercession of The Virgin Mary.
Speculating on the reasons for the construction of such an elaborate and expensive building, one author makes the statement that: "The reaction to the communes of Paris and Lyon were triumphalist monuments, The Sacré-Coeur of Montmartre and The Basilica of Fourvière, dominating both Cities. These buildings were erected with private funds, as gigantic “Ex-Votos”, to thank God for victory over the Socialists and in expiation of the sins of modern France."[3]
Basilique Notre-Dame De Fourvière, Lyon, France.
“The Upside-Down Elephant”.
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The Virgin is also credited with saving the City a number of other times, such as from a Cholera epidemic in 1832, and from Prussian invasion in 1870.[1]
During The Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), Prussian forces, having taken Paris, were progressing South towards Lyon. Their halt and retreat were, once again, attributed by The Church to the Intercession of The Virgin Mary.
Speculating on the reasons for the construction of such an elaborate and expensive building, one author makes the statement that: "The reaction to the communes of Paris and Lyon were triumphalist monuments, The Sacré-Coeur of Montmartre and The Basilica of Fourvière, dominating both Cities. These buildings were erected with private funds, as gigantic “Ex-Votos”, to thank God for victory over the Socialists and in expiation of the sins of modern France."[3]
Basilica Notre-Dame De Fourvière, Lyon.
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Perched on top of the Fourvière hill, the Basilica looms impressively over the City of Lyon, from where it can be seen from many vantage points; not unintentionally, the Basilica of Fourvière has become a symbol of the City.
The Basilica, which offers guided tours and contains a Museum of Sacred Art, receives two million visitors annually.[2] At certain times, members of the public may access the Basilica's North Tower for a spectacular 180-degree view of Lyon and its suburbs. On a clear day, Mont Blanc, the highest point in Europe, can be seen in the distance.[2]
The design of the Basilica, by Pierre Bossan, draws from both Romanesque and Byzantine Architecture, two non-Gothic models that were unusual choices at the time. It has four main Towers, and a Bell-Tower topped with a gilded statue of The Virgin Mary. It features fine Mosaics, superb Stained-Glass Windows,[4] and a Crypt of Saint Joseph.
The Basilica, which offers guided tours and contains a Museum of Sacred Art, receives two million visitors annually.[2] At certain times, members of the public may access the Basilica's North Tower for a spectacular 180-degree view of Lyon and its suburbs. On a clear day, Mont Blanc, the highest point in Europe, can be seen in the distance.[2]
The design of the Basilica, by Pierre Bossan, draws from both Romanesque and Byzantine Architecture, two non-Gothic models that were unusual choices at the time. It has four main Towers, and a Bell-Tower topped with a gilded statue of The Virgin Mary. It features fine Mosaics, superb Stained-Glass Windows,[4] and a Crypt of Saint Joseph.
The Blessed Virgin Mary statue on the Bell Tower
of the Saint-Thomas Chapel, Fourvière, Lyon.
Statue de la Vierge Marie sur le Clocher de la
Vierge de la chapelle Saint-Thomas à Fourvière.
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Fourvière actually contains two Churches, one on top of the other. The Upper Sanctuary is very ornate, while the Lower Sanctuary is a much simpler design. Work on the triumphant Basilica was begun in 1872 and finished in 1884. Finishing touches in the Interior were not completed until as late as 1964.
Bossan's first sketches for the Basilica seem to date from 1846. At the time he was in Palermo, Sicily.[5]
The Basilica has acquired the local nickname of "The Upside-Down Elephant", because the building looks like the body of an Elephant and the four Towers look like its legs.[6]
Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc, The Children's Choir of Saint Mark, is the official Choir of the Basilica. This Choir became well-known after the release of the film, Les Choristes. The Choir's Director is Monsieur Nicolas Porte.
Bossan's first sketches for the Basilica seem to date from 1846. At the time he was in Palermo, Sicily.[5]
The Basilica has acquired the local nickname of "The Upside-Down Elephant", because the building looks like the body of an Elephant and the four Towers look like its legs.[6]
Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Marc, The Children's Choir of Saint Mark, is the official Choir of the Basilica. This Choir became well-known after the release of the film, Les Choristes. The Choir's Director is Monsieur Nicolas Porte.
Since 1982, the Tower has housed the Antennæ of Radio Fourvière, the predecessor of Radios Chrétiennes Francophones.
Fourvière has always been a popular place of Pilgrimage. There has been a Shrine at Fourvière, dedicated to Our Lady, since 1170. The Chapel and parts of the building have been rebuilt at different times over the Centuries, the most recent major works being in 1852 when the former Steeple was replaced by a Tower, surmounted by a Golden Statue of The Virgin Mary, sculpted by Joseph-Hugues Fabisch (1812–1886).[6]
On 23 July 1816, twelve Marist aspirants, Priests and Seminarians, climbed the hill to The Shrine of Our Lady of Fourvière, and placed their promise to Found The Society of Mary (Marists), under the Corporal on The Altar, while Fr. Jean-Claude Courveille, the first Superior-General of The Marists, Celebrated Mass.[7]
On 30 September 1821, Fr. André Coindre and ten others made Private Vows in the Chapel there, thus Founding The Fratres a Sacratissimo Corde Iesu (The Brothers of The Sacred Heart), a Roman Catholic Religious Community, primarily devoted to the education of the young.[8]
On 21 January 1851, Fr. Peter Julian Eymard Prayed at The Shrine of Our Lady of Fourvière and was inspired to Found The Congregation of The Blessed Sacrament.[9]
When the City of Lyon was spared in The Franco-Prussian War (1870), the community committed to build the present Basilica alongside the ancient Chapel.[6]
Fourvière has always been a popular place of Pilgrimage. There has been a Shrine at Fourvière, dedicated to Our Lady, since 1170. The Chapel and parts of the building have been rebuilt at different times over the Centuries, the most recent major works being in 1852 when the former Steeple was replaced by a Tower, surmounted by a Golden Statue of The Virgin Mary, sculpted by Joseph-Hugues Fabisch (1812–1886).[6]
On 23 July 1816, twelve Marist aspirants, Priests and Seminarians, climbed the hill to The Shrine of Our Lady of Fourvière, and placed their promise to Found The Society of Mary (Marists), under the Corporal on The Altar, while Fr. Jean-Claude Courveille, the first Superior-General of The Marists, Celebrated Mass.[7]
On 30 September 1821, Fr. André Coindre and ten others made Private Vows in the Chapel there, thus Founding The Fratres a Sacratissimo Corde Iesu (The Brothers of The Sacred Heart), a Roman Catholic Religious Community, primarily devoted to the education of the young.[8]
On 21 January 1851, Fr. Peter Julian Eymard Prayed at The Shrine of Our Lady of Fourvière and was inspired to Found The Congregation of The Blessed Sacrament.[9]
When the City of Lyon was spared in The Franco-Prussian War (1870), the community committed to build the present Basilica alongside the ancient Chapel.[6]
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