“Miserere”.
Composer: Gregorio Allegri.
Sung By: Voces8.
Available on YouTube
04 April, 2026
The Easter Vigil Mass, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, Rome.
The Easter Vigil Mass,
Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, Rome.
Illustration: FR. Z's BLOG
The High Altar at Easter.
Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, Rome.
Photo: 21 April 2019.
Source: Own work.
Author: L.J.Mazurek
(Wikimedia Commons)
“Canny Glasgow”.
“Canny Glasgow”.
Artist: John Atkinson Grimshaw
(1836–1893).
Date: 1887.
Current location:
Madrid, Spain.
This File: 19 February 2011.
User: Donan.raven
Source/Photographer:
Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza
en depósito en el Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza.
(Wikimedia Commons)
“Sweet Thames Flow Softly”. Sung By: Maddy Prior & The Girls.
“Sweet Thames Flow Softly”.
Sung by: Maddy Prior & The Girls.
Available on YouTube
The Pieta. Leeds Cathedral.
The Pieta,
Leeds Cathedral.
Illustration: FACEBOOK, MIKE FORBESTER
The following Text is from Leeds Cathedral's
Web-Site at LEEDS CATHEDRAL
The Pieta is modelled on Michelangelo’s Pieta in Saint Peter’s, Rome. It was executed in marble by Boulton of Cheltenham in 1913 as a memorial to two former Administrators of Leeds Cathedral, Provost Richard Browne (☩ 1902) and
Canon Charles Croskell (☩ 1911).
The Marian Anthem Is Now “Regina Cæli” From Compline on Holy Saturday Until Trinity Sunday, Exclusive. By Pope Gregory V (☩ 998 A.D.).
The Blessed Virgin Mary
is Crowned “Queen of Heaven”
by Her Beloved Son,
Illustration: CALEFACTORY.ORG
“Regina Cæli”.
As from Compline on Holy Saturday,
The Marian Anthem is now
“Regina Cæli”.
Available on YouTube
Make Holy Saturday Mean Something. Watch The Vigil Mass 2025 For Easter On Holy Saturday.
The Easter Vigil Mass and Ceremonies 2025
on YouTube from The Shrine Church of Saints Peter and Paul and Saint Philomena, The Wirral, Merseyside, England.
Their YouTube Channel can also be found HERE
The Booklet containing the Prayers for Holy Saturday
can be accessed, and read, and followed, HERE
(click on the Texts for the pre-1955 Holy Week
and select Holy Saturday (which is printed in
Yellow and is not easily readable).
The International Web-Site of
The Institute of Christ The King Sovereign Priest
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Holy Saturday. Station At The Papal Arch-Basilica Of Saint John Lateran. Violet Vestments And White Vestments.
unless otherwise stated.
Holy Saturday.
Station at Saint John Lateran.
Indulgence of 30 Years and 30 Quarantines.
Double of The First-Class.
Violet Vestments
and White Vestments.
English: Papal Arch-Basilica of Saint John Lateran.
Latin: Archibasilica Sanctissimi Salvatoris et Sanctorum Iohannes Baptistæ et Evangelistæ in Laterano Omnium
urbis et orbis ecclesiarum mater et caput.
Español: Basílica de San Juan de Letrán,
Italiano: Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Roma
Polski: Bazylika św. Jana na Lateranie (znana jako
Português: Basílica de São João de Latrão,
Photo: September 2005.
Source: Own work.
Author: Stefan Bauer, http://www.ferras.at
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Station is at Saint John Lateran, The Mother Church of The Christian World, and it is here that The Church Celebrated The First Mass of Easter and that, formerly, she received into her bosom the many Catechumens, who were Baptised on this day.
First Dedicated to Our Blessed Saviour, this Basilica was subsequently Consecrated to Saint John the Baptist, with the Baptistry attached.
In former times, The Church held no special Service on this morning. Apart from any gathering for The Lenten Station, a Meeting was held in the course of the afternoon for The Seventh, and last, Scrutiny, which almost immediately preceded the Baptism.
First Dedicated to Our Blessed Saviour, this Basilica was subsequently Consecrated to Saint John the Baptist, with the Baptistry attached.
In former times, The Church held no special Service on this morning. Apart from any gathering for The Lenten Station, a Meeting was held in the course of the afternoon for The Seventh, and last, Scrutiny, which almost immediately preceded the Baptism.
[It was at this gathering that The Rite of Exorcism took place, and The Rite of Ephpheta, which recalls the Miracles worked by Jesus, when He cured the deaf and dumb, and the Renunciation of Satan, pronounced by The Catechumen after being Anointed with The Oil of Catechumens. He then recited the Symbol, a proceeding known as “the Rendering of The Symbol”. We discover these Rites, again, in the present Ceremonies of Baptism, following those that took place at The Third Scrutiny.]
At night, was held The Watch, or Solemn Vigil of Easter, towards the end of which, before daybreak, The Catechumens plunged in the Water of The Baptistry and were, so to speak, buried with Jesus; and, at the very hour at which Christ rose triumphantly from The Sepulchre, they were born to The Life of Grace.
Later, The Great Ceremonies were Anticipated, being held first in the evening, and, subsequently, in the morning of Holy Saturday. They reveal a sudden change from sorrow to joy, and disclose certain anomalies which this notice helps to explain.
English: The Lateran Palace (on the Left)
beside the Basilica of Saint John Lateran.
Deutsch: Das Bild zeigt den Lateranspalast
und das Seitenportal der Lateransbasilika
von der Piazza S. Giovanni-in-Laterano aus.
Italiano: Facciata laterale della Basilica di San
Giovanni-in-Laterano, con a sinistra il Palazzo Laterano
Photo: September 2004.
Source: Own work.
Author: Maus-Trauden
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Blessing Of The New Fire.
The Church, Blessing, as she does, all Elements of which she makes use for Divine Worship, made a practice of Blessing, every evening, The New Fire that was to provide the Light for The Office of Vespers. The Liturgy of Holy Saturday maintains this custom. She also Blesses The Five Grains of Incense, which are to be fixed in The Paschal Candle, the Offering of which to God will thenceforward be accepted as a sweet savour.
At a convenient hour, the Altars are covered with Linen Cloths, but the Candles are not lighted until the beginning of Mass, later on. Meanwhile, fire is struck from a flint, outside the Church, and the coals are kindled.
At the end of None, the Priest, Vested in Amice, Alb, Girdle, and Stole, to which he adds, if possible, a Violet Cope, accompanied by his Ministers, with Processional Cross, Holy Water and Incense, goes outside the Church Door, and Blesses The New Fire.
The Blessing Of The Paschal Candle.
The Celebrant goes up to the Epistle side of the Altar, and the Deacon, giving the Reed to an Acolyte, takes the Book and asks a Blessing of the Priest.
The Deacon then goes to the Lectern, puts down the Book and incenses it. At his Right-Hand, stand the Sub-Deacon, with The Cross, and the Thurifer; at his Left, the two Acolytes, one holding the Reed and the other the Vessel containing The Five Blessed Grains of Incense, to be set in The Paschal Candle.
All rise and stand, as at the Gospel, and the Deacon sings the Exsultet, in which The Church expounds the beautiful symbolic meaning of The Paschal Candle. He sings of the night of happy memory, which witnessed the escape of The Children of Israel from Egypt, conducted by a Pillar of Fire illumined with The Splendour of Christ. When the Exsultet has been sung, the Deacon fixes The Five Blessed Grains of Incense in The Paschal Candle, in the form of a Cross.
The Prophecies.
After the Blessing of The Paschal Candle, the Deacon lays aside his White Dalmatic and puts on a Violet Stole and Violet Maniple. He then goes to the Celebrant, who, after laying aside his Cope, puts on a Violet Maniple and Violet Chasuble. The Prophecies are then chanted, by the Cantors, without any introduction, while the Priest, standing on the Epistle side of the Altar, reads them in a low voice.
The Reading of The Twelve Prophecies served the object, formerly, of a final Initiation of The Catechumens.
The Blessing Of The Font.
In earlier times, the Clergy, at this point, went to The Baptistry of The Lateran, where The Sovereign Pontiff Blessed, by virtue of The Cross, the Water that was to be used for the Baptism. The Paschal Candle, which he dipped three times into it, recalled to mind the incident of The Baptism of Jesus in The River Jordan, whereby He Sanctified the Water and imparted to it the Power of Regeneration.
The Catechumens were then questioned, for the last time, on the Creed, were Baptised, and then Confirmed, and the White Garments, in which they were then clothed, became The Mystical Robe which entitled them to sit at The Holy Table and make their First Communion.
At the end of the Reading of The Prophecies, if there is a Baptismal Font in the Church, the Priest, who is about to Bless it, puts on a Violet Cope and, preceded by the Processional Cross, the Candelabra and the Lighted Blessed Candle, goes to the Font with his Ministers and the Clergy, while the Tract is sung.
The Litany Of The Saints.
As the Priest and his Ministers return to the Altar, after the Blessing of the Font, two Cantors begin to sing The Litany of The Saints.
At the Invocation, “Peccatores, te rogamus, audi nos”, the Priest and his Ministers go into The Sacristy, where they Vest in White Vestments for The Solemn Celebration of Mass. Meanwhile, the Candles are lighted on the Altar.
Mass And Vespers.
During the singing of The Litany of The Saints, the Neophytes re-entered the Church, and The Mass was begun, which inaugurated The Solemn Services of Easter (Secret). This Celebrates The Glory of The Risen Christ (Gospel), and that of the Souls who, through Baptism, have entered on a New Life, a pledge of their future resurrection (Epistle, Collect, Hanc igitur). Hence, the joyful Alleluia that is sung, the pealing of the Organ and the ringing of the Bells.
The Vespers, which follow The Communion, remind us of The Holy Women, who were the first to realise The Great Mystery of The Resurrection.
Let us show our gratitude to God for The Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and The Holy Eucharist, which have made it possible for us to pass, with Jesus, from the Death of Sin to the Life of Grace.
At a convenient hour, the Altars are covered with Linen Cloths, but the Candles are not lighted until the beginning of Mass, later on. Meanwhile, fire is struck from a flint, outside the Church, and the coals are kindled.
At the end of None, the Priest, Vested in Amice, Alb, Girdle, and Stole, to which he adds, if possible, a Violet Cope, accompanied by his Ministers, with Processional Cross, Holy Water and Incense, goes outside the Church Door, and Blesses The New Fire.
The Blessing Of The Paschal Candle.
The Celebrant goes up to the Epistle side of the Altar, and the Deacon, giving the Reed to an Acolyte, takes the Book and asks a Blessing of the Priest.
The Deacon then goes to the Lectern, puts down the Book and incenses it. At his Right-Hand, stand the Sub-Deacon, with The Cross, and the Thurifer; at his Left, the two Acolytes, one holding the Reed and the other the Vessel containing The Five Blessed Grains of Incense, to be set in The Paschal Candle.
The Cloisters.
Basilica of Saint John Lateran.
Photo: May 2005.
Source: Own work.
Author: Briséis
(Wikimedia Commons)
All rise and stand, as at the Gospel, and the Deacon sings the Exsultet, in which The Church expounds the beautiful symbolic meaning of The Paschal Candle. He sings of the night of happy memory, which witnessed the escape of The Children of Israel from Egypt, conducted by a Pillar of Fire illumined with The Splendour of Christ. When the Exsultet has been sung, the Deacon fixes The Five Blessed Grains of Incense in The Paschal Candle, in the form of a Cross.
The Prophecies.
After the Blessing of The Paschal Candle, the Deacon lays aside his White Dalmatic and puts on a Violet Stole and Violet Maniple. He then goes to the Celebrant, who, after laying aside his Cope, puts on a Violet Maniple and Violet Chasuble. The Prophecies are then chanted, by the Cantors, without any introduction, while the Priest, standing on the Epistle side of the Altar, reads them in a low voice.
The Reading of The Twelve Prophecies served the object, formerly, of a final Initiation of The Catechumens.
English: Cloisters of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran.
Italiano: Chiostro della Basilica di San Giovanni-in-Laterano.
Photo: October 2005.
Source: Flickr
Author: Ern
Reviewer: Mac9
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Blessing Of The Font.
In earlier times, the Clergy, at this point, went to The Baptistry of The Lateran, where The Sovereign Pontiff Blessed, by virtue of The Cross, the Water that was to be used for the Baptism. The Paschal Candle, which he dipped three times into it, recalled to mind the incident of The Baptism of Jesus in The River Jordan, whereby He Sanctified the Water and imparted to it the Power of Regeneration.
The Catechumens were then questioned, for the last time, on the Creed, were Baptised, and then Confirmed, and the White Garments, in which they were then clothed, became The Mystical Robe which entitled them to sit at The Holy Table and make their First Communion.
At the end of the Reading of The Prophecies, if there is a Baptismal Font in the Church, the Priest, who is about to Bless it, puts on a Violet Cope and, preceded by the Processional Cross, the Candelabra and the Lighted Blessed Candle, goes to the Font with his Ministers and the Clergy, while the Tract is sung.
The Litany Of The Saints.
As the Priest and his Ministers return to the Altar, after the Blessing of the Font, two Cantors begin to sing The Litany of The Saints.
At the Invocation, “Peccatores, te rogamus, audi nos”, the Priest and his Ministers go into The Sacristy, where they Vest in White Vestments for The Solemn Celebration of Mass. Meanwhile, the Candles are lighted on the Altar.
English: Basilica of Saint John Lateran. At 400 feet long,
it ranks fifteenth among the World's largest Churches.
Français: Basilique Saint-Jean-de-Latran. Avec sa longueur
de 121,84 mètres, cette Basilique se classe au 15è rang parmi les plus grandes églises au monde.
Photo: September 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: Tango7174
(Wikimedia Commons)
Mass And Vespers.
During the singing of The Litany of The Saints, the Neophytes re-entered the Church, and The Mass was begun, which inaugurated The Solemn Services of Easter (Secret). This Celebrates The Glory of The Risen Christ (Gospel), and that of the Souls who, through Baptism, have entered on a New Life, a pledge of their future resurrection (Epistle, Collect, Hanc igitur). Hence, the joyful Alleluia that is sung, the pealing of the Organ and the ringing of the Bells.
The Vespers, which follow The Communion, remind us of The Holy Women, who were the first to realise The Great Mystery of The Resurrection.
Let us show our gratitude to God for The Sacraments of Baptism, Confirmation, and The Holy Eucharist, which have made it possible for us to pass, with Jesus, from the Death of Sin to the Life of Grace.
The Pope's Seat.
Photo: October 2005.
Source: Flickr
Author: Ern
Reviewer: Mac9
(Wikimedia Commons)
At the end of The Litany of The Saints, the Cantors sing the Solemn “Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison, Kyrie eleison”, each Invocation being repeated thrice.
Meanwhile, the Priest, attended by his Ministers, all in White Vestments, goes to the Altar, recites the “Judica me”, adding the “Gloria Patri”, and makes the “Confiteor” in the usual way. Then, ascending the steps, he kisses the Altar, incenses it, and, as soon as the Choir have finished the “Kyrie eleison”, he intones the “Gloria in Excelsis Deo”; the Organ is played and the Bells are rung.
During The Mass, the “Agnus Dei” is omitted and, instead of a Communion Antiphon, the Choir sings Vespers.
During Vespers, the Chapter, Hymn and Verse are omitted.
During the “Magnificat”, the Altar is incensed, as at Solemn Vespers.
At The Dismissal, at the end of Mass, the Deacon, turning towards the people, says: “Ite Missa est, Alleluia, Alleluia”. This double Alleluia is added to the “Ite Missa est” until Easter Saturday, inclusive.
The Mass ends, as usual, with the "Placeat", The Blessing, and The Last Gospel.
Paschaltide.
Paschaltide, extending from Easter Sunday to Saturday after Pentecost, Commemorates The Three Glorious Mysteries:
The Resurrection of Our Lord (Celebrated during forty days);
His Ascension (Celebrated during ten days);
The Descent of The Holy Ghost (Celebrated during The Octave of Pentecost).
Therefore, the Doctrinal, Historical, and Liturgical, Notes for Paschaltide, in The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, will be given in Three Parts, respectively, before each one of:
Meanwhile, the Priest, attended by his Ministers, all in White Vestments, goes to the Altar, recites the “Judica me”, adding the “Gloria Patri”, and makes the “Confiteor” in the usual way. Then, ascending the steps, he kisses the Altar, incenses it, and, as soon as the Choir have finished the “Kyrie eleison”, he intones the “Gloria in Excelsis Deo”; the Organ is played and the Bells are rung.
During The Mass, the “Agnus Dei” is omitted and, instead of a Communion Antiphon, the Choir sings Vespers.
During Vespers, the Chapter, Hymn and Verse are omitted.
During the “Magnificat”, the Altar is incensed, as at Solemn Vespers.
English: Saint James-the-Less.
By Angelo de' Rossi.
Nave of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran.
Česky: Socha Sv. Jana Menšího z dílny
Angela de' Rossiho z Lateránské baziliky v Římě, Itálie.
Photo: April 2011.
Source: Own work.
Author: Karelj
(Wikimedia Commons)
At The Dismissal, at the end of Mass, the Deacon, turning towards the people, says: “Ite Missa est, Alleluia, Alleluia”. This double Alleluia is added to the “Ite Missa est” until Easter Saturday, inclusive.
The Mass ends, as usual, with the "Placeat", The Blessing, and The Last Gospel.
Paschaltide.
Paschaltide, extending from Easter Sunday to Saturday after Pentecost, Commemorates The Three Glorious Mysteries:
The Resurrection of Our Lord (Celebrated during forty days);
His Ascension (Celebrated during ten days);
The Descent of The Holy Ghost (Celebrated during The Octave of Pentecost).
Therefore, the Doctrinal, Historical, and Liturgical, Notes for Paschaltide, in The Saint Andrew Daily Missal, will be given in Three Parts, respectively, before each one of:
The Feast of Easter;
The Feast of Ascension Day;
The Feast of Pentecost.
Mass: “Requiem - Missa Pro Defunctis”. Composer: Tomás Luis Victoria (1548 – 1611). Sung By: The Tallis Scholars. Director Of Music: Peter Phillips.
Composer: Tomás Luis Victoria.
“Requiem - Missa Pro Defunctis”.
Sung By: The Tallis Scholars.
Director Of Music: Peter Phillips.
Available on YouTube
“Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silent”. The Holy Saturday Hymn For The Great Entrance.
"Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence."
Да молчит - Сретенский монастырь.
Хор Сретенского Монастыря -
Да молчит всякая плоть (Прот. П. Турчанинов).
[Вместо Херувимской песни поется в Великую Субботу]
Sretensky Monastery Choir.
“Let all mortal flesh keep silent”.
Available on YouTube
This Article, by Gregory Dipippo, is taken from, and
can be read in full at, NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT
This ancient Hymn was borrowed by The Byzantine Rite
from the Liturgy of Saint James, and is sung at
The Great Entrance, in place of the Cherubic Hymn, when
The Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great is Celebrated
on the morning of Holy Saturday.
This particularly impressive Old Church Slavonic version
is sung by the Choir of the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow.
Our Lady’s Words: “I Am The Immaculate Conception”. Sermon By: Fr. Timothy Finigan.
Our Lady’s Words:
“I Am The Immaculate Conception”.
Sermon By: Fr. Timothy Finigan.
“A Day With Mary”.
15 February 2014.
The Web-Site of
“A Day With Mary” can be found
In The Hours Of Holy Saturday: A Great Silence Overtakes The Church.
Cologne Cathedral at night.
Illustration: DAN IN DEUTSCHLAND
The Silence Of The Lord.
“In The Hours Of Holy Saturday:
A Great Silence Overtakes The Church”.
This Article can be read in full
in the Newsletter of
Cologne Cathedral at night.
Illustration: MAGNOLIA BOX
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“Der Kreuzigung Christi”
(The Crucifixion of Christ).
Artist: Bruno Piglhein
(1848-1894).
Illustration: DAILY BIBLE STUDY
A Great Silence
overtakes The Church on Holy Saturday.
Illustration: UNEXPECTED TRAVELLER
Bach’s “Saint John Passion”.
Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner.
Sung by: The Monteverdi Choir,
English Baroque Soloists.
Available on YouTube
Saint Isidore. Bishop. Confessor. Doctor Of The Church. Feast Day 4 April. White Vestments.
unless stated otherwise.
Saint Isidore.
Bishop.
Confessor.
Doctor Of The Church.
Feast Day 4 April.
Double.
White Vestments.
Artist: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (1617–1682).
Date: 1655.
Collection: Seville Cathedral.
Source/Photographer: [2]
(Wikimedia Commons)
601 A.D. as Archbishop of Seville (Communion). In his Sermon on The Gospel of The Day, where Jesus compares The Apostles and their successors “to The Salt of The Earth and to The Light that sheds its rays on all those within the house,” the Saint lays down the duties of a Bishop.
“Above all, a Bishop, to accomplish his Office, must read The Scriptures, study The Canons, imitate the examples of The Saints, devote himself to watching, Fasting, and Prayer, unite humility with authority, and place his Chastity under the guard of Charity, a Virtue without which all the others are nothing.”
He realised this ideal. Versed in all knowledge, he was considered the most learned man of his Century. An indefatigable Preacher of the Gospel, he opposed The Arians and other heretics “who closed their ears to Truth and opened them to fables” (Epistle).
Wherefore, hardly sixteen years after his death in 636 A,D,, The Synod of Toledo, composed of fifty-two Bishops, proclaimed him “excellent Doctor (Collect) and the most recent glory of The Catholic Church”.
Saint Isidore was, for us here below, a Doctor of Life: May he now intercede for us in Heaven (Collect).
Mass: In médio.
Commemoration (in Lent): Of the Feria.
Last Gospel (in Lent): Of the Feria.
“Above all, a Bishop, to accomplish his Office, must read The Scriptures, study The Canons, imitate the examples of The Saints, devote himself to watching, Fasting, and Prayer, unite humility with authority, and place his Chastity under the guard of Charity, a Virtue without which all the others are nothing.”
He realised this ideal. Versed in all knowledge, he was considered the most learned man of his Century. An indefatigable Preacher of the Gospel, he opposed The Arians and other heretics “who closed their ears to Truth and opened them to fables” (Epistle).
Wherefore, hardly sixteen years after his death in 636 A,D,, The Synod of Toledo, composed of fifty-two Bishops, proclaimed him “excellent Doctor (Collect) and the most recent glory of The Catholic Church”.
Saint Isidore was, for us here below, a Doctor of Life: May he now intercede for us in Heaven (Collect).
Mass: In médio.
Commemoration (in Lent): Of the Feria.
Last Gospel (in Lent): Of the Feria.
03 April, 2026
Chiesa Della Santissima Trinità Dei Pellegrini, Rome. Church Of The Most Holy Trinity Of The Pilgrims.
Altar of Repose.
Church Of The Most Holy Trinity Of The Pilgrims, Rome.
Chiesa della Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, Roma.
Illustration: FR. Z’s BLOG
The High Altar at Easter, 2019.
Church Of The Most Holy Trinity Of The Pilgrims, Rome.
Chiesa della Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, Roma.
Photo: 21 April 2019.
Source: Own work.
Author: L.J.Mazurek
(Wikimedia Commons)
Make Holy Saturday Mean Something. Watch, Take Part, And Assist, At Tenebræ (Gregorian Matins And Lauds) For Holy Saturday.
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is available for Download HERE
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The Web-Site of
The Institute of Christ The King Sovereign Priest
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The Web-Site of
Saint Mary’s Shrine,
The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter,
Warrington, England,
The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter,
Warrington, England,
can be found HERE
Altar Of Repose. Church Of Santa Maria dell’Orto, Trastevere, Rome.
The Altar of Repose.
Church of Santa Maria dell’Orto,
Trastevere, Rome.
Illustration: NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT
Santa Maria dell’Orto is a Roman Catholic Church in the Rione of Trastevere, Rome, Italy. It is the National Church of Japan in Rome.
The Church is set in the middle of the area that has been called the “Prata Mutia” (“Fields of Mutius”) since about 508 BC; it was here that the Etruscan King, Porsena, had made his encampment, and that, later, the Roman Senate donated to Mucius Scaevola as a sign of gratitude of Rome for his heroic actions.
The origins of the Church are associated with a Miracle that is supposed to have happened circa 1488.
A sick farmer, afflicted with a serious palsy according to oral history, was healed after Praying to an image of The Virgin Mary painted close to the entrance to his own Market Garden.
The event led to popular Worship for the painting, and subsequently a small Votive Chapel was erected, soon followed by a greater Church, funded by twelve Professional Associations (Università).
In 1492, Pope Alexander VI allowed the establishment of a Confraternity, and, in 1588 (with a Brief, dated 20 March), Pope Sixtus V declared it an Arch-Confraternity and bestowed on it the rare privilege of asking for the pardon of a person condemned to death, during its Titular Feast.
The event led to popular Worship for the painting, and subsequently a small Votive Chapel was erected, soon followed by a greater Church, funded by twelve Professional Associations (Università).
In 1492, Pope Alexander VI allowed the establishment of a Confraternity, and, in 1588 (with a Brief, dated 20 March), Pope Sixtus V declared it an Arch-Confraternity and bestowed on it the rare privilege of asking for the pardon of a person condemned to death, during its Titular Feast.
During the 1825 Jubilee, it was honoured with the Title of Venerable.
As an Arch-Confraternity, it could attach other Confraternities, anywhere in the World; therefore, during the 1600 Jubilee – through a Notary Deed, dated 30 April – it was aggregated to the Confraternity of the Oratory of Nostra Signora di Castello, established in Savona, Italy, in 1260.
Construction was begun in 1489 by an unknown Architect and completed in 1567. Its façade is largely ascribed to Vignola (though sometimes attributed to Martino Longhi the Elder), while the Interior is by Guidetto Guidetti, a pupil of Michelangelo, who transformed the former Greek-Cross design (with four Apses) into a Latin-Cross structure with three Naves.
The Church houses Works of Art by the brothers Federico and Taddeo Zuccari, Corrado Giaquinto and Giovanni Baglione.
The Church is still guarded by the Arch-Confraternity of S. Maria dell’Orto, that, due to the seniority of its Papal Establishment, is the most ancient of the Confraternities Consecrated to The Holy Virgin still active in Rome, and one of the first overall.
As an Arch-Confraternity, it could attach other Confraternities, anywhere in the World; therefore, during the 1600 Jubilee – through a Notary Deed, dated 30 April – it was aggregated to the Confraternity of the Oratory of Nostra Signora di Castello, established in Savona, Italy, in 1260.
Construction was begun in 1489 by an unknown Architect and completed in 1567. Its façade is largely ascribed to Vignola (though sometimes attributed to Martino Longhi the Elder), while the Interior is by Guidetto Guidetti, a pupil of Michelangelo, who transformed the former Greek-Cross design (with four Apses) into a Latin-Cross structure with three Naves.
The Church houses Works of Art by the brothers Federico and Taddeo Zuccari, Corrado Giaquinto and Giovanni Baglione.
The Church is still guarded by the Arch-Confraternity of S. Maria dell’Orto, that, due to the seniority of its Papal Establishment, is the most ancient of the Confraternities Consecrated to The Holy Virgin still active in Rome, and one of the first overall.
Church of Santa Maria dell’Orto,
Trastevere, Rome.
Photo: 17 January 2016.
Source: Own work.
Author: Livioandronico2013
(Wikimedia Commons)
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