The Fourteen Auxiliary Saints.

Text (unless otherwise stated) is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
which is available from ST. BONAVENTURE PRESS

Saint Christopher, 

one of the Fourteen Auxiliary Saints, 

(Feast Day 25 July).

Saint Christopher Carrying The Christ Child, 

by Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1485)

The name of "Auxiliary Saints" is given to a group of fourteen Saints particularly noted for the efficacy of their intercession. They were often represented together.

Saint George

Feast Day 23 April

Is to be recognised in statuary and pictures by the dragon he strikes down. He is invoked against herpetic diseases. He is, with Saint Sebastian and Saint Maurice, the Patron Saint of soldiers.

Saint Blaise

Feast Day 3 February

Is to be recognised in statuary and pictures by his two candles, crossed. He is invoked against diseases of the throat.

Saint Erasmus

Feast Day 2 June

Is to be recognised in statuary and pictures by entrails wound around a windlass. He is invoked against diseases of the stomach. He is the Patron Saint of mariners and seamen.

Saint Pantaleon

Feast Day 27 July

Is to be recognised in statuary and pictures by his nailed hands. Invoked against consumption. He is, with Saint Luke and Saints Cosmas and Damian, the Patron Saint of medical men.

Detail of Saint Giles and the Hind,

by the Master of Saint Giles, circa 1500 A.D.

Saint Vitus (or Guy)

Feast Day 15 June

Is to be recognised in statuary and pictures by his Cross. Invoked against chorea (Saint Vitus's Dance), lethargy and the bite of venomous or mad beasts.

Saint Christopher

Feast Day 25 July

Is to be recognised in statuary and pictures by the Infant Jesus he bears. He is invoked in storms, tempests, plagues, and for the avoidance of accidents in travelling. Also, in the Blessing of motor cars.

Saint Denis

Feast Day 9 October

Is to be recognised in statuary and pictures by his head, which he holds in his hands. Invoked for people possessed of devils.

Deutsch: Altar der Vierzehn Nothelfer der Basilika Vierzehnheiligen, Bad Staffelstein.

English: Altar of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of Vierzehnheiligen Basilica, Bad Staffelstein, Germany.

Photo: July 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Zairon.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Cyriacus

Feast Day 8 August

Is to be recognised in statuary and pictures by his Deacon's Vestments. Invoked against diseases of the eye and diabolical possession.

Saint Acathius

Feast Day 8 May

Is to be recognised in statuary and pictures by his crown of thorns. Invoked against headaches.

Saint Eustace

Feast Day 20 September

Is to be recognised in statuary and pictures by his stag and hunting equipment. Invoked for preservation from fire (eternal or temporal).

Saint Barbara shrines in German mines.

Schacht Konrad mine (left) 

and Schacht Asse II mine (right).

Saint Giles

Feast Day 1 September

Is to be recognised in statuary and pictures by his Benedictine cowl and his hind. Invoked against panic, epilepsy, madness, nocturnal terrors.

Saint Margaret

Feast Day 20 July

Is to be recognised in statuary and pictures by the dragon she keeps in chains. Invoked against pains in the loins and by women about to become mothers.

Deutsch: Altar of the Vierzehnheiligen. Die Basilika Vierzehnheiligen bei Bad Staffelstein im Landkreis Lichtenfels ist eine Wallfahrtskirchen in Oberfranken, Deutschland.

English: A statue of one of the Saints (Saint Giles) on the Altar of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, Bad Staffelstein, near Bamberg, in Bavaria, Germany.

Photo: 16 April 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Barbara

Feast Day 4 December

Is to be recognised in statuary and pictures by her tower and the ciborium surmounted by a Sacred Host. Invoked against lightnings and sudden death. Patron Saint of miners and artillery soldiers.

Saint Catharine

Feast Day 25 November

Is to be recognised in statuary and pictures by her broken wheel. "The wise Counsellor" is invoked by students, Christian philosophers, orators and barristers.

Saint Anne. Mother Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 26 July.

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Saint Anne.
Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 26 July.

Double of the Second-Class.

White Vestments.

English: Parish Church of Saint Ulrich in Ulrichsberg, Austria.

Statue of Saint Anne teaching the Virgin Mary to read (1722).

Deutsch: Pfarrkirche Sant Ulrich in Ulrichsberg.

Statue der Heiligen Anna, wie sie der

Jungfrau Maria das Lesen bei bringt (1722).

Photo: 20 June 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Wolfgang Sauber.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Joachim and Saint Anne,

parents of The Virgin Mary.

This File: 2 October 2006.

User: Gipsy.

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English: Joachim and the Angel.

Français: Joachim et l'Ange.

Artist: Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528).

Date: 1504.

Current location: Petit Palais, Paris, France.

Source/Photographer: Albrecht Dürer : œuvre gravé,

catalogue de l'exposition à Paris, au Musée du Petit Palais,

4 avril-21 juillet 1996. ISBN 9782879002705.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Anne (also known as Ann or Anna, from Hebrew Hannah חַנָּה, meaning "Favour" or "Grace") of David's House and Line, was the Mother of the Virgin Mary, and Grandmother of Jesus Christ.

Joachim ("he whom YHWH has set up", Hebrew: יְהוֹיָקִים Yəhôyāqîm, Greek Ἰωακείμ Iōākeím) was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary, the Mother of Jesus,. His Feast Day is 16 August.

Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God.

Réjouis toi Marie, 1/6.

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The Akathist Hymn (Ἀκάθιστος Ὕμνος, unseated Hymn) is a Hymn of Eastern Orthodox tradition dedicated to a Saint, Holy Event, or one of the Persons of the Holy Trinity. The name derives from the fact that during the chanting of the Hymn, or sometimes the whole Service, the congregation is expected to remain standing in reverence, without sitting down (Ancient Greek ἀ- (a), [without, not] + κάθισις (káthisis), [sitting]), except for the aged or infirm.

Mary's mother is not named in the Canonical Gospels, nor in the Qur'an. Anne's name and that of her husband, Joachim, come only from New Testament apocrypha, of which the Protoevangelium of James (written perhaps around 150 A.D.) seems to be the earliest that mentions them.

Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God.

Réjouis toi Marie, 2/6.

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Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God.

Réjouis toi Marie, 3/6.

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Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God.

Réjouis toi Marie, 4/6.

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Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God.

Réjouis toi Marie, 5/6.

Opéra d'images de Jean-Michel Mahenc.

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The story bears a similarity to that of the birth of Samuel, whose mother Hannah had also been childless. Although Anne receives little attention in the Western Church, prior to the Late-12th-Century, dedications to Anne in the Eastern Church occur as early as the 6th-Century.

In the Eastern Orthodox Churches and Eastern Catholic Churches, she is revered as Hanna. In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, Hanna, is ascribed the title "Forbear of God", and both the Birth of Mary and the Dedication of Mary to the Temple are celebrated as two of the Twelve Great Feasts. The Dormition of Hanna is also a Minor Feast in the Eastern Church. In Protestant tradition, it is held that Martin Luther chose to enter religious life as a Roman Catholic Augustinian Monk after crying out to Saint Anne.

Akathist Hymn to the Mother of God.

Réjouis toi Marie, 6/6.

Opéra d'images de Jean-Michel Mahenc.

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Saint Anne. Mother of The Blessed Virgin Mary.

Illustration: The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
available from ST. BONAVENTURE PRESS

The Church honours, with the Angels, in Holy Joy (Introit), the Mother of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

As her name signifies, [the name "Anne" derives from Hebrew. 'Hannah' meaning 'Grace"], Grace was poured on her, and she was Blessed by God for ever (Communion). "By His Grace, He made her deserve to be the Mother of the Mother of God" (Collect).

Filled with the Virtues which the Holy Ghost grants to good women, the Spouse of Saint Joachim surpassed all women by her Privileges and Graces (Epistle). Her Holiness made her leave everything for God, and she thereby acquired this pearl and this treasure (Gospel).

The devotion to Saint Anne is founded on the bond which unites her to Mary and to the Incarnate Word. Its ancient Liturgy dates from the 6th-Century for the Eastern Church and the 8th-Century for the Western Church.

It was authorised by Pope Urban IV in 1378. In 1584, Pope Gregory XIII fixed 26 July as the date of the Feast and Pope Leo XIII, in 1879, extended it to the whole Church.

Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.

Aftermath. Have You Forgotten Yet . . ?

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Aftermath.

Siegfried Sassoon (1919)

Have you forgotten yet . . ?

For the world’s events have rumbled on since those gagged days,

Like traffic checked while at the crossing of city-ways:

And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts that flow

Like clouds in the lit heaven of life; and you’re a man reprieved to go,

Taking your peaceful share of Time, with joy to spare.

But the past is just the same - and War’s a bloody game . . .

Have you forgotten yet . . ?

Look down, and swear by the slain of the War that you’ll never forget.

Do you remember the dark months you held the sector at Mametz –

The nights you watched and wired and dug and piled sandbags on parapets ?

Do you remember the rats; and the stench

Of corpses rotting in front of the front-line trench -

And dawn coming, dirty-white, and chill with a hopeless rain ?

Do you ever stop and ask, ‘Is it all going to happen again ?’

Do you remember that hour of din before the attack –

And the anger, the blind compassion that seized and shook you then

As you peered at the doomed and haggard faces of your men ?

Do you remember the stretcher-cases lurching back

With dying eyes and lolling heads—those ashen-grey

Masks of the lads who once were keen and kind and gay ?

Have you forgotten yet . . ?

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Saint Christopher. Feast Day 25 July.

Text (unless otherwise stated) is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
which is available from ST. BONAVENTURE PRESS

Saint Christopher.
Feast Day 25 July.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Saint Christopher carrying The Christ Child.

Artist: Hieronymus Bosch.

Date: 1480-1490.

Museum Boymans-van Beuningen,

Rotterdam, Netherlands.

This File: 22 January 2007.

User: Alekjds.

(Wikipedia)

Saint Christoper was a native of Chanaan. His name ("Who bears Christ") expresses his love of Jesus. A generous Soul, he walked like a giant in the Way of Virtue.

The Piety of our Fathers, inspired by this grand allegory, caused them to place a colossal statue of Saint Christopher at the entrance to Cathedrals. He was Martyred towards 250 A.D.

He is one of the "Fourteen Auxiliary Saints".

Mass: In virtúte.

Ave Maris Stella.

Hail, Star of the Sea.

Ave Maris Stella.

Available on YouTube at

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The following Text is from Wikipedia -the free encyclopaedia.

Ave Maris Stella (Latin, "Hail Star of the Sea") is a Plainsong Vespers Hymn to Mary. It was especially popular in the Middle Ages and has been used by many composers as the basis of other compositions.

The creation of the original Hymn has been attributed to several people, including Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (12th-Century), Saint Venantius Fortunatus (6th-Century) and Hermannus Contractus (11th-Century). The Text is found in 9th-Century Manuscripts kept in Vienna, Austria, and in the Abbey of Saint Gall, Switzerland.

The melody is found in the Irish Plainsong "Gabhaim Molta Bríde", a piece in praise of Saint Bridget. The popular modern Hymn, Hail Queen of Heaven, the Ocean Star, is loosely based on this Plainsong original.

It finds particular prominence in the "Way of Consecration to The Blessed Virgin Mary" by Saint Louis de Montfort.

Madonna and Child

(Galleria Borghese, Rome).

Date: Circa 1742.

Source: Web Gallery of Art.

Author: Pompeo Batoni (1708–1787).

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The Plainchant Hymn has been developed by many composers, from pre-Baroque to the present day. The Roman Rite employs four different Plainchant tunes for the Ave Maris Stella; the first three are designated for Solemnities, Feasts, and Memorials of The Blessed Virgin Mary; a fourth is given in The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary as an alternative to the Memorial Tone. These Plainchant Tones have been used as the cantus firmus for some Polyphonic Settings of the Mass, including those by Josquin and Victoria.

Renaissance Settings include those by Felice Anerio, Palestrina, Dufay and Byrd. Baroque Settings include Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610. Romantic Settings include those by Dvorak, Grieg, and Liszt. Modern composers who have either set the Text, or used the Hymn as an inspiration, include Grace Williams, Peter Maxwell Davies, Otto Olsson and Trond Kverno.

Saint James The Greater. Apostle. Brother Of Saint John. Feast Day 25 July.

Text (unless otherwise stated) is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
which is available from ST. BONAVENTURE PRESS

Saint James The Greater.
Apostle.
Feast Day 25 July.

Double of the Second-Class.

Red Vestments.

Saint James the Greater.

He is depicted clothed as a Pilgrim; note the scallop shell,

on his shoulder, 

and his staff and Pilgrim's hat beside him.

Artist: Rembrandt (1606–1669).

Date: 1661.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint James, brother of Saint John, and son of Zebedee, was a native of Bethsaida, in Galilee. He is surname "the Greater", i.e., the Elder.

One day, his mother, approaching The Saviour, asked of Him "the favour for her two sons to be seated, one at His right-hand and the other at His left-hand, in His Kingdom" (Gospel). Christ then foretold their Martyrdom. Saint James "shall sit on a Throne to judge the Twelve Tribes of Israel" (Communion), but he will first have to mix his blood with that of Jesus (Gospel) and undergo, like all the Apostles, a life of suffering and persecution, such as the Epistle describes.

After the Ascension of Jesus Christ to Heaven, says the Office of today, James preached His Divinity in Judea and Samaria. He soon betook himself to Spain. When he returned to Jerusalem, Herod Agrippa, desiring to please the Jews, condemned him to death and he was beheaded towards the year 42 A.D., a short time before the Feast of Easter.

It would seem that, for fear of the Arabs who were masters of Jerusalem, the body of the Saint was later carried to Compostella, in Spain, where he is greatly honoured. 25 July recalls the date of this Translation.

His name is inscribed in the Canon of the Mass, with that of Saint John, his brother (First List).

Every Parish Priest celebrates Mass for the people of his Parish.

Commemoration of Saint Christopher, by the Collects of the Mass: In virtúte.

Ave Maria.

You might wish to add this Ave Maria to your Daily Prayers.

Ave Maria.

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Saint Christina. Virgin And Martyr. Feast Day 24 July.

Text (unless otherwise stated) is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
which is available from ST. BONAVENTURE PRESS

Saint Christina.
Virgin and Martyr.
Feast Day 24 July.

Red Vestments.

English: Statue of Saint Christina,

The Church of Saint Christina,

Ravensburg, 

Germany.

Deutsch: Hl. Christina von Bolsena, Skulptur von Moriz Schlachter,

Pfarrkirche St. Christina, Ravensburg, Germany.

Photo: 20 January 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: AndreasPraefcke.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Christina was born in Tuscany, Italy. At the age of ten, she took away the silver idols, in her father's house, and broke them up. On this account, she was delivered up to the persecutors, tied to a post, and pierced with arrows.

She thus added, to the merit of her Virginity, that of Christian Fortitude (Collect). This was under the Persecutions of Emperor Diocletian towards 300 A.D.

Mass: Me exspectavérunt.

English: The Parish Church of Saint Christina,

Regensburg, Germany.

Deutsch: Pfarrkirche St. Christina, Ravensburg.

Photo: 20 January 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: AndreasPraefcke.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Saint Christina of Bolsena, Italy, also known as Christina of Tyre, or, in the Eastern Orthodox Church, as Christina the Great Martyr, is Venerated as a Christian Martyr of the 3rd-Century. Archaeological excavations of an underground cemetery, constructed at her tomb, have shown that she was Venerated at Bolsena by the 4th-Century A.D.

The existence of Christina is relatively well attested. Although some versions of her legend place her in Tyre (Phoenicia), the most credible evidence points to Bolsena, Italy: An ancient town in central Italy, near an Etruscan site called Volsinium, with catacombs, in which archaeologists have found the remains of an Early-Christian Church and the tomb of a female Martyr.

Inscriptions, found on the site, confirm that this Martyr had a name like Christina and that the local community was Venerating her as a Saint by the end of the 4th-Century. Some corroborating evidence is provided by a 6th-Century mosaic in the Basilica of Saint Apollinare Nuovo, at Ravenna, Italy, which includes, in its Procession of Virgins, a Saint named Christina, wearing a Martyr's Crown.

The Mass at Bolsena.

Artist: Raphael (1483–1520).

Date: 1512.

This File: 30 March 2007.

User: David Sneek.

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The Mass at Bolsena is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist, Raphael. It was painted between 1512 and 1514 as part of Raphael's commission to decorate with frescoes the rooms that are now known as the Raphael Rooms, in the Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. It is located in the Stanza di Eliodoro, which is named after The Expulsion of Heliodorus from the Temple.

The Mass at Bolsena shows an incident that is said to have taken place in 1263. A Bohemian Priest, who doubted the Doctrine of Transubstantiation, celebrated Mass at Bolsena, Italy, where the Bread of the Eucharist began to Bleed. The following year, in 1264, Pope Urban IV instituted the Feast of Corpus Christi, to celebrate this miraculous event.

The Priest was saying Mass, and, when he doubted the Transubstantiation, Blood spouted from the Host and fell onto the Altar Cloth, in the shape of a Cross, and he was rec-converted.

Present in this painting, is a self-portrait of the artist, Raphael, as one of the Swiss Guard in

the lower right of the fresco, facing out with bound-up hair. This is one of several instances

in which Raphael has placed himself in his paintings. Also shown in the work is

Pope Julius II (1443-1513), kneeling at the right, and his daughter, Felice della Rovere,

shown on the left at the bottom of the steps, in profile, in dark clothes. The four Cardinals,

to the right, have also been identified as Leonardo Grosso della Rovere, Raffaello Riario,

Tommaso Riario and Agostino Spinola, relatives of Julius.

The Martyr, Christina, lived during the 3rd-Century. She was born into a rich family, and her father was Governor of Tyre. By the age of 11, the girl was exceptionally beautiful, and many wanted to marry her. Christina's father, however, envisioned that his daughter should become a pagan priestess.

To this end, he placed her in a special dwelling, where he had set up many gold and silver idols, and he commanded his daughter to burn incense before them. Two servants attended Christina.

According to legend, on one occasion, Christina was visited by an Angel, who instructed her in the True Faith. The Angel called her a Bride of Christ, and told her about her future suffering. Christina smashed all the idols in her room and threw them out the window.

In visiting his daughter, Christina's father, Urban, asked her where all the idols had disappeared. Christina was silent. Then, having summoned the servants, Urban learned the truth from them.

A second legend is connected to Saint Christina. The Miracle of Bolsena, often considered to be the catalyst for the Feast of Corpus Christi, recalls an event in the Umbrian region of Italy in 1263. A Priest, named Peter, from the City of Prague, nurtured doubts regarding the Transubstantiation of the Host during Mass, and, during his Pilgrimage toward Rome, Prayed to be relieved of his questions.

While saying the Words of Consecration, in the Church of Saint Christina, in Bolsena, Italy, the Host dripped Blood on his hands and on the Altar Cloth, below. The Miracle of Bolsena is depicted on the walls of the Vatican, in a painting by Raphael.

The Vigil Of Saint James. Apostle. 24 July.

Text (unless otherwise stated) is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
which is available from ST. BONAVENTURE PRESS

The Vigil of Saint James.
Apostle.
24 July.

Violet Vestments.

Saint James the Greater.

Artist: Rembrandt (1606–1669).

Date: 1661.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Like most of the Feasts of the Apostles, which were formerly of obligation, that of Saint James is preceded by a Vigil.

This Saint was one of the College of Twelve, who, like the twelve sons of Jacob, received his inheritance and had to evangelise part of the Church, figured of old by the Promised Land (Epistle).

With his brother, Saint John, and with Saint Peter, he was privileged to witness the Transfiguration of Jesus and His Agony in the Garden of Olives.

He was the first among the Apostles to have the honour of bearing witness to Christ by shedding his blood in the City of Jerusalem. He thus gave, like his Master, the proof of the greatest love, which consists in sacrificing one's life for those one loves (Gospel).

Let us, with the Church, prepare ourselves in Meditation and Prayer, for the Feast Day, tomorrow.

Mass: Of the Vigil of an Apostle: Ego autem.

Commemoration of Saint Christina. Virgin and Martyr.

      Mass: Collects of the Mass: Me exspectavérunt.

Saint Liborius. Bishop And Confessor. Feast Day 23 July.

Text (unless otherwise stated) is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
which is available from ST. BONAVENTURE PRESS

Saint Liborius.
Bishop and Confessor.
Feast Day 23 July.

Simple.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Liborius, relief in the Trinity Chapel of the Paderborn Cathedral, Germany.

Deutsch: Paderborner Dom: Darstellung des heiligen Liborius in der Dreifaltigkeitskapelle.

Photo: 25 July 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: ludger1961.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Liborius was born in the 4th-Century of a Gaulish family. He left everything to Consecrate himself to the Service of the Altar.

He became Bishop of Le Mans, France, and, after a life devoted to Preaching, Prayer, and austerities, he died in 397 A.D.

Mass: Státuit.

English: Stained-Glass Window, depicting Saint Liborius,

in the Church of Saint Jodokus, Saalhausen, Germany.

Deutsch: Bleiglasfenster in der Kirche St. Jodokus in Saalhausen,

einem Ortsteil von Lennestadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen,

Darstellung: hl. Liborius.

Photo: 26 October 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Reinhardhauke.

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia.

Liborius of Le Mans (circa 348 A.D. – 397 A.D.) was the second Bishop of Le Mans. He is the Patron Saint of the Cathedral and Archdiocese of Paderborn, Germany.

He died in 397 A.D., in the arms of his friend, Saint Martin of Tours.

English: Interior of Paderborn Cathedral, Germany.

Saint Liborius is the Patron Saint of this Cathedral and the Archdiocese of Paderborn.

His Relics were Transferred to the Cathedral in 836 A.D.

Deutsch: Innenansicht des Doms.

Français: Intérieur de la cathédrale.

Photo: July 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Benchaum.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Liborius Roman Catholic Church,

Eaglehawk, Victoria,

Australia.

Photo: 2 August 2008.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattinbgn.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Liborius Church,

Saint Louis, Missouri,

United States of America.

Photo: 15 September 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: BirgitteSB.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Apollinaris. Bishop And Martyr. Feast Day 23 July.

Text (unless otherwise stated) is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
which is available from ST. BONAVENTURE PRESS

Saint Apollinaris.
Bishop and Martyr.
Feast Day 23 July.

Double.

Red Vestments.

Deutsch: Apollinaris von Ravenna, erster Bischof von Ravenna. Detail eines aus dem sechsten Jahrhundert stammenden Mosaiks in der Apsis der Basilika von Sant'Apollinare in Classe.

English: Saint Apollinaris, first Bishop of Ravenna. Detail from the 6th-Century

Byzantine 

mosaic in the Apse of the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe, near Ravenna, Italy.

Italiano: Sant'Apollinare, primo vescovo di Ravenna. Mosaico

bizantino nel catino absidale di Sant'Apollinare in Classe.

This File: 4 September 2005.

User: MChew.

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: The Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe in Ravenna, Italy.

Français: La Basilique Saint-Apollinaire in Classe à Ravenne (Italie).

Italiano: Ravenna, Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe.

Photo: 6 March 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Berthold Werner.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Apollinaris is said to have come from Antioch to Rome with Saint Peter, who anointed him Bishop (Introit, Gradual, Alleluia) and sent him to Ravenna, Italy, to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Therefore, the Epistle chosen is that in which Saint Peter describes the duties of those who are to guide the Church, not domineering, but as models of the flock.

The Gospel also says "that the one who is greatest, shall be like the least, and the one who governs, like the one who serves".

English: The 6th-Century Byzantine mosaic

in the Apse of the Basilica of

Sant'Apollinare in Classe (Ravenna, Italy).

Italiano: Mosaico bizantino nel catino

absidale di Sant'Apollinare in Classe

 Ravenna (secolo VI).

Photo: 6 March 2009.

Source: Own work.

Author: Berthold Werner.

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Arrested by the pagan priests, he was cruelly beaten and cast into prison, then exiled to the banks of the Danube and to Thrace. Having returned to Ravenna, he was again persecuted, and died in 79 A.D., from the effects of torture and fatigue. Thus, did he put to profit the talents entrusted to him by God (Communion).

In the midst of our trials, let us remain united to Jesus and He will prepare for us, as for this Saint, a place in His Kingdom (Gospel).

Mass: Sacerdótes Dei, benedícite Dóminum.

Commemoration of Saint Liborius. Bishop and Confessor.

English: Interior of the Basilica of 

Sant'Apollinare in Classe (Ravenna, Italy).

Italiano: Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe.

Photo: 8 January 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: Sansa55.

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The Basilica of Sant' Apollinare in Classe, is an important monument of Byzantine art, near Ravenna, Italy. When UNESCO inscribed eight Ravenna sites on the World Heritage List, it cited this Basilica as "an outstanding example of the Early-Christian Basilicas, in its purity and simplicity of design, and use of space and the sumptuous nature of its decoration".

The imposing brick structure was erected at the beginning of the 6th-Century by order of Bishop Ursicinus, using money from the Greek banker, Iulianus Argentarius. It was certainly located next to a Christian Cemetery, and quite possibly on top of a pre-existing pagan one, as some of the ancient tombstones were re-used in its construction.

Sant'Apollinare in Classe was consecrated on 9 May 549 A.D., by Bishop Maximian, and dedicated to Saint Apollinaris, first Bishop of Ravenna and Classe. The Basilica is thus contemporary with the Basilica of San Vitale of Ravenna. In 856 A.D., the Relics of Saint Apollinaris were transferred from the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare in Classe to the Basilica of Sant' Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna.

The Exterior has a large façade, with two simple uprights and one mullioned window with three openings. The Narthex and building, to the right of the entry, are later additions, as is the fine 9th-Century round Bell Tower, with mullioned windows.

Sankt Anna Damenstiftskirche, Munich. From September 2014, This Glorious Collegiate Church Will Permanently Host The FSSP, With Daily Traditional Masses.

English: The High Altar,

Sankt Anna Damenstiftskirche, Munich, Germany.

Deutsch: Damenstiftskirche, München, Innenraum.

Photo: 26 June 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Rufus46.

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News has come in from RORATE CAELI
that the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP), that already had a small presence in the Bavarian Capital, Munich, will soon have a permanent basis in the City.

This will be the second major world Diocese to open up a permanent setting for the FSSP. The first having been LOS ANGELES

Starting on 1 September 2014, the glorious Collegiate Church of Saint Anne (Damenstiftskirche Sankt Anna), a historic Chapel in Munich, will host the FSSP, permanently, with daily Traditional Masses. The Apostolate will be headed by Father Christian Jäger, FSSP.

Further information will be posted on the FSSP GERMANY WEB-SITE

Heartfelt congratulations to the FSSP, Fr. Jäger, and the local community. And profound gratitude to the local Archbishop of Munich and Freising, Cardinal Reinhard Marx.

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Deutsch: Damenstiftkirche,

München, Deutschland.

English: The Decorated Ceiling,

Sankt Anna Damenstiftskirche,

Munich, Germany.

Photo: 10 July 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Andrew Bossi.

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unless otherwise stated.

Sankt Anna Damenstiftskirche is a Chapel in Munich, Southern Germany.

It was commissioned in the 18th-Century by Elector Charles Albert, who became Emperor Charles VII, starting from 1733. A Monastery in the legal form of a Chapter of Nuns was set up. The architect was Johann Baptist Gunetzrhainer, while the Asam brothers were responsible for the Interior. The women's Collegiate Church was consecrated in 1735.

English: The Pulpit and The High Altar,

Sankt Anna Damenstiftskirche, Munich, Germany.

Deutsch: München, Damenstiftskirche St. Anna.

Photo: March 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Bbb at wikivoyage shared.

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