Saint Adrian. Martyr. Feast Day 8 September.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint Adrian.
Martyr.
Feast Day 8 September.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

Saint Adrian's Church,

West Wemyss,

Scotland.

The Church was built in 1890.

Date: 20 February 2006.

Source: From geograph.org.uk.

Author: Kevin Rae.

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"At Nicomedia", says The Roman Martyrology, "Saint Adrian, Martyr, and twenty-three other Saints, who, after undergoing many torments, had their legs crushed and thus ended their glorious fight under the Emperors Diocletian and Maximian, about 303 A.D.

"The body of Saint Adrian was later Translated to Rome on the day when his Feast is Solemnised".

Mass: In virtúte.

English: Stained-Glass Window, depicting Saint Adrian (centre)

in the Basilica of Saint-Nicolas, 

Saint-Nicolas-de-Port,

Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France.

Below are the Armorial Crests of The House of Lorraine (left),

The House of Anjou (centre) 

and the City Arms of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port.

Deutsch: Bleiglasfenster (Baie 17) in der Basilika Saint-Nicolas in Saint-Nicolas-de-Port im Département Meurthe-et-Moselle (Lothringen/Frankreich), mit Fragmenten aus der Renaissance; Darstellung: Ehepaar Fiacre Fériet (links) und Jennon Thierie (rechts), hl. Adrian von Nikomedien; unten Wappen des Hauses Lothringen (links), des Hauses Anjou (Mitte) und Stadtwappen von Saint-Nicolas-de-Port.

Photo: 26 April 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: GFreihalter.

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Saint Adrian (also known as Hadrian), or Adrian of Nicomedia, was a Herculian Guard of the Roman Emperor Galerius Maximian. After becoming a convert to Christianity, with his wife Natalia, Adrian was Martyred at Nicomedia.

Saint Adrian and Saint Natalia lived in Nicomedia, during the time of Emperor Maximian, in the Early-4th Century. The twenty-eight-year-old Adrian was Head of the Praetorium.

It is said that, while presiding over the torture of a band of Christians, he asked them what reward they expected to receive from God. They replied:

"Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him" (1 Corinthians 2:9).

He was so amazed at their courage that he publicly confessed his Faith, though he had not himself yet been Baptised. He was then immediately imprisoned. He was forbidden visitors, but accounts state that his wife Natalia came to visit him, dressed as a boy, to ask for his Prayers when he entered Heaven.

The executioners wanted to burn the bodies of the dead, but a storm arose and quenched the fire.

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The Nativity Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 8 September.

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The Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 8 September.

Double of the Second-Class
      with a Simple Octave.

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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This very ancient Feast was already Solemnised in the 7th-Century A.D., and Pope Innocent IV, to fulfil the Vow made by the Cardinals before the election of his predecessor, gave it an Octave at The First Council of Lyons in 1245.

Today's date (8 September) served to fix The Feast of The Immaculate Conception on 8 December.

Mary is inseparable from Jesus in The Divine Plan, wherefore The Liturgy applies to her what Holy Scripture says of The Eternal Wisdom, which is The Word "by Whom all was made".

Nativity of The Blessed Virgin Mary Roman Catholic Church,

located along State Route 119 in Cassella, an unincorporated community in Marion Township, Mercer County, Ohio, United States. Built in 1858, the Church and its Rectory were

listed together on The National Register of Historic Places as a part of the

Cross-Tipped Churches of Ohio Thematic Resources.

Photo: 27 May 2010.

Source: Own work.

Author: Nyttend.

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Like Christ, The Virgin presides over the whole work of Creation, for, having been chosen of All Eternity to give us The Saviour, it is she, with her Son, whom God had chiefly in view when He created the World.

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

Mass: Salve, sancta parens.

Commemoration: Saint Adrian.

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Saint Volodymyr Cathedral, Kiev, Ukraine.

Saint Volodymyr's Cathedral (Ukrainian: Патріарший кафедральний собор св.

Володимира, Patriarshiy kafedralniy sobor sv. Volodimira) is a Cathedral in the

centre of Kiev. It is one 

of the City's major landmarks and the Mother Cathedral of

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kiev Patriarchy, one of two major

Ukrainian Orthodox Churches.

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Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin Week 2015. The Shrine Of Saint Augustine, Ramsgate.

Illustration: FRIENDS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE

Shrine of Saint Augustine,

Saint Augustine’s Road,

Ramsgate,

Kent CT11 9PA.

Telephone: 01843 592071.

Saint Laurence Justinian. Bishop. Confessor. Feast Day 5 September.

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unless otherwise stated.

Saint Laurence Justinian.
Bishop and Confessor.
Feast Day 5 September.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

San Lorenzo Giustiniani adoring The Baby Jesus.

Private Neapolitan collection.

Artist: Luca Giordano (1632–1705).

Date: 17th-Century.

Source: http://santiebeati.it/immagini/?mode=view&album=34500&pic=34500C.JPG&dispsize=Original&start=0

Author: Luca Giordano (1632–1705).

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Saint Laurence, born in Venice, Italy, in the 15th-Century, of the illustrious family of Giustiniani, preferred the severe austerities of the Cloister to a glorious alliance arranged for him by his mother.

Looking at a Crucifix, he exclaimed: "It is Thou, O Lord, Who art my hope, and in Thee is consolation and strength." He then entered among The Canons of Saint George of Alga.

All hiss life, he practised the greatest austerity and it was chiefly in assiduous Prayer that he was inflamed with ardent love for God and Devotion to his neighbour. He was called by Pope Eugenius IV to share in the full power of Christ's Priesthood: He was made Patriarch of Grado, but, Transferring the See to Venice, in 1451, he became the first Patriarch of this City.

He died in 1455, saying: "I am going to Thee, O Good Jesus."

Mass: Státuit.

Saint Lorenzo Giustiniani.

Artist: Gentile Bellini (1429–1507).

Date: 1465.

Current location: Accademia of Venice, Italy.

This File: 15 July 2007.

User: user:Manuel Anastácio.

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Lawrence Giustiniani, C.R.S.A. (Italian: Lorenzo Giustiniani, 1 July 1381 – 8 January 1456), is Venerated as a Saint by The Catholic Church. He was a Canon Regular, who was appointed as a Bishop and became the first Patriarch of Venice.

He was a member of the well-known Giustiniani family, which includes several Saints. The piety of his mother seems to have served as an inspiration for his own Spirituality, as he chose of a life of Prayer and Service. In 1404, after he had been Ordained a Deacon, at the suggestion of an uncle who was a Priest, he joined a Community of Secular Canons following a Monastic form of life on the Island of San Giorgio in Alga. He was admired by his fellows for his poverty, mortification, and fervency of Prayer. Two years after his Ordination to The Catholic Priesthood, in 1407, the Community accepted The Rule of Saint Augustine. He was chosen to be the first Prior of the Community.

Giustiniani promoted the Constitutions which he had established for the Canons of Saint George, which was embraced by other Communities of Canons in the region, and, shortly thereafter, he became the Prior General of a Congregation. He was so zealous in spreading it that he was looked upon as if he were the actual Founder of The Order.

In 1433, Pope Eugene IV, one of the Founders of the Monastery of San Giorgio, named Giustiniani as the Bishop of Castello. He found a Diocese in shambles, and his Administration was marked by considerable growth and reform. In 1451, Pope Nicholas V united the Diocese of Castello with the Patriarchate of Grado, and the Seat of the Patriarchate was moved to Venice, making Giustiniani the first Patriarch of Venice, a Post that he held for over four years.

It was during Giustiniani's rule that Constantinople fell to Muslim forces. Due to their Centuries of close trading partnerships with the Byzantine Empire, the people of Venice were in panic as to their future. He took a leading role in helping the Republic of Venice to deal with the crisis, working with the Senate to help chart its future, as well as with the Clergy and people to calm them.

He died on 8 January 8 1456, and was Canonised by Pope Alexander VIII (1689–1691). His works, consisting of Sermons, Letters and ascetic Treatises, have been frequently reprinted.

Pope Innocent XII (1691–1700) inserted his Feast Day in The General Roman Calendar for Celebration on 5 September, the Anniversary of his elevation to the Episcopate.

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"This Will Be The First Time That Mass Has Been Celebrated In This Mediaeval Church Since Pre-Reformation Times."

Saint Augustine's Church,

Snave, Ashford, Kent.

It is possible that a small private Chapel stood on this site before the present building was commenced in the Late-13th-Century. The East End is unusual in that The Lady Chapel (more recently used as a school room) vies for importance with The Chancel.

Declared redundant in 1983, Saint Augustine's Church is now entirely maintained by

The Romney Marsh Historic Churches Trust.

Text: © 2014 Joan Campbell.

Photograph: © 2014 John Hendy.

Illustration: THE ROMNEY MARCH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Missa Cantata.

Saint Augustine's Church,

Snave, Ashford, Kent TN26 2QJ.

Saturday,

26 September 2015,

1200 hrs.

Celebrant:

Fr. Marcus Holden,

Rector of The Shrine of Saint Augustine,

Ramsgate, Kent.

Music:

The Victoria Consort.

Director:

Dominic Bevan.

Further Details:

Mrs. Marygold Turner

01580 291372.

Travel Directions:

See, below,

Permission for this Mass at Saint Augustine's Church,

Snave, Ashford, Kent, has been kindly given by

THE ROMNEY MARSH HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST

Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin Week 2015. The Shrine Of Saint Augustine, Ramsgate.

Shrine of Saint Augustine,

Saint Augustine’s Road,

Ramsgate,

Kent CT11 9PA.

Telephone: 01843 592071.

An Act Of Consecration To The Immaculate Heart Of Mary.

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Act of Consecration to

The Immaculate Heart of Mary

With last month, August, being dedicated by Holy Mother Church as the month of The Immaculate Heart of Mary, it was a fitting time to make an Act of Consecration to her Immaculate Heart.

The beautiful Consecration, provided below, reminds us of the importance of being united to Mary, for, through her guidance, we can more easily follow Christ's Will and gain our Heavenly reward.

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Act of Consecration to

The Immaculate Heart of Mary

Heavenly Mother Mary, I come to thy most lovable and sweet Heart, refuge of sinners.

I offer myself to thee and Consecrate my entire life to thine Immaculate Heart.

In this Consecration of my total person,

I offer thee my body and Soul, with all its miseries and weaknesses.

I offer thee my heart, with all its affections and desires, my Prayers, works, joys and sufferings.

I offer thee every temptation that comes to me, so that my every thought and desire may be purified through thy Holy Intercession.

My Queen, my Mother, I offer thee in Consecration all sufferings which come into my life, both physical and spiritual.

I offer thee especially my death, with all that will accompany it.

I offer thee my last agony.

Accept all this, my Mother, and take all into thy Immaculate Heart as I give to thee irrevocably all that I am and all that I have, together with all property and possessions.

I offer thee my family and all who are near and dear to me. Take them all into thine Immaculate Heart and keep us ever one in thy Son Jesus Christ.

I renew today the vows of my Baptism and Confirmation.

Keep me ever Faithful to God and to Holy Church, and loyal in obedience to The Holy Father, the Pope.

I desire to pray The Rosary properly, meditating on its Mysteries.

I desire to participate in The Sacrifice of thy Son, perpetuated at Holy Mass, and receive Him frequently, even daily, in Holy Communion.

I attach special importance to The First Saturday of the month, in reparation to thine Immaculate Heart, and I will work for the conversion of sinners.

I will strive to live daily, the Spirit of Eucharistic Reparation.

O Queen of the Angels, my Queen and my Mother, I humbly prostrate myself before thee, as I approach thee with my Guardian Angel.

I desire all the Holy Angels, and especially my Guardian Angel, to Venerate thee always as Queen of Heaven and Earth.

Command my Guardian Angel, and all Holy Angels, to keep me always in thy love and in the Union of Grace with thy Divine Son.

Send forth thy Angels to assist me in spreading Devotion to thine Immaculate Heart, so that, through thine intercession, there may be Peace in the World and in The Church, and The Kingdom of Christ may come on Earth, as it is in Heaven.

Amen.

God Bless.

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Saint Stephen. King And Confessor. Feast Day, Today, 2 September.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,

unless otherwise stated.

Saint Stephen.

King and Confessor.

Feast Day 2 September.

Semi-Double.

White Vestments.

English: Saint Matthias Church, Budapest, Hungary.

[Editor: The first Church on the site was founded by Saint Stephen, King of Hungary, in 1015]

Magyar: Mátyás-templom és a Szentháromság tér.

Photo: 27 January 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: Thaler Tamas.

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English: Coat-of-Arms of Hungary.

Magyar: Magyarország címere.

English: “Per pale, the first barry of eight Gules and Argent, the second Gules, on a mount Vert a crown Or, issuant therefrom a double crossArgent. In crest the Holy Crown of Hungary.”

Magyar: A Magyar Köztársaság címere hegyes talpú, hasított pajzs. Első mezeje vörössel és ezüsttel hétszer vágott. Második, vörös mezejében zöld hármas halomnak arany koronás kiemelkedő középső részén ezüst kettős kereszt. A pajzson a magyar Szent Korona nyugszik.

Blazon Reference:

English: Fundamental Law of Hungary - Foundation - Article I.

Magyar: Magyarország Alaptörvénye - Alapvetés - I cikk.

Date: 1 January 2009.

Source: Own work.

Artist: Thommy.

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The Hungarian National Anthem.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/_N3gfzk-5bw.

Magyar: Nemzeti dal, a Magyar

Szent István magyar király, templom,

Chicago, Illinois, Egyesült Államok.

English: National Song of Hungary,

Saint Stephen, King of Hungary, Church,

Chicago, Illinois, United States of America.

Available on YouTube at

https://youtu.be/B23zPPeDtts

A descendant of those proud and terrible invaders, The Huns, Stephen was chosen by God to win over his subjects to Christ and His Vicar.

He was given the Baptismal name of Stephen, in consequence of his mother having a vision of the Martyr, Saint Stephen, who foretold her that he would convert Hungary, whose first King he became when the Pope had raised the Country into a Kingdom.

English: Saint Matthias Church, Budapest, Hungary.

Magyar: Mátyás-templom.

Photo: 12 November 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Thaler Tamas

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Having married the sister of the Emperor, Saint Henry, he surrounded himself, to govern his Kingdom, with men of tried Holiness and Prudence. He passed entire nights in the contemplation of Heavenly things (Introit), practised the greatest austerities, and, seconded by the Queen, his pious spouse, gave abundant alms (Epistle) to widows and Churches.

English: Budapest, Hungary,

and the River Danube.

Saint Matthias Church can be seen on the sky-line.

Magyar: Magyar: Pestről nézve.

Photo: 12 November 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Thaler Tamas.

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The greatness of his zeal, for the propagation of The Faith, justly won for him the Title of Apostolic King or of Apostle of Hungary, and deservedly obtained for him from The Holy See the privilege, transmitted to his successors, to have The Cross borne before him.

He built a large Basilica in honour of Mary, whom he proclaimed Patroness of Hungary. "His zeal in propagating and strengthening The Faith in his Kingdom earned for him the glory of a Heavenly Crown" (Postcommunion).

He died in 1038 on "The Day of The Great Lady", as The Feast of The Assumption was called by the Hungarians, in virtue of an edict of the Holy King.

Mass: Os justi.

English: Interior of Saint Matthias Church,

Budapest, Hungary.

Magyar: Mátyás-templom.

Photo: 23 June 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Thaler Tamas.

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Rood Screens.

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unless otherwise stated.

Rood Screen,

Saint Birinus' Church,

Dorchester-on-Thames,

Oxfordshire, England.

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Rood Screen in

Saint Mary's Church,

Staunton-in-the-Vale,

Nottinghamshire, England.

Photo: 22 June 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Andrewrabbott.

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Domesday Book records a Church and a Priest in Staunton, then called 'Stanton',

but which afterwards has been called Staunton-in-the-Vale or simply 'Staunton'.

Between Nave and Chancel is a Rood Screen from 1519.

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The Rood Screen,

Saint Giles' Church,

Cheadle, Staffordshire, England.

Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, between 1841-1846,

and financed by John Talbot, the 16th Earl of Shrewsbury. Augustus Pugin

endeavoured to create "a perfect revival of an English Parish Church

of the time of King Edward I".

Illustration: NEW LITURGICAL MOVEMENT

The Rood Screen (also Choir Screen, Chancel Screen, or Jubé (French)) is a very common feature in Late-Mediaeval Church architecture. It is typically an ornate Partition between the Chancel and Nave, of, more-or-less, open Tracery, constructed of wood, stone, or wrought iron. The Rood Screen would originally have been surmounted by a Rood Loft, carrying The Great Rood, a sculptural representation of The Crucifixion.

In English, Scottish, and Welsh Cathedral, Monastic, and Collegiate Churches, there were, commonly, two Transverse Screens, with a Rood Screen, or Rood Beam, located one Bay West of The Pulpitum Screen, but this double arrangement nowhere survives complete, and, accordingly, the preserved Pulpitum in such Churches is sometimes referred to as a Rood Screen. At Wells Cathedral, the Mediaeval arrangement was restored in the 20th-Century, with the Mediaeval "Strainer Arch" supporting a Rood, placed in front of The Pulpitum Screen and Organ.

The Pulpitum Screen, in Exeter Cathedral, Devon, England,

photographed in the Early-20th-Century, The Interior of The Pulpitum Screen was opened up

in a 19th-Century reconstruction, so as to provide worshippers with a view of The High Altar. Originally it was solid.

Source: http://www.wissensdrang.com/dstabb.htm http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/Tormoham/

Original publication: Stabb, John. Some Old Devon Churches, Their Rood Screens, Pulpits,

Fonts, etc (Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co, London, Vol I, 1908). Frontispiece.

URL: http://www.wissensdrang.com/stabb000.htm (maintained by Roger Peters).

Author: John Stabb, photographer (1865-1917).

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Rood Screens can be found in Churches in many parts of Europe: The German word for a Rood Screen is Lettner; the French word is Jubé; the Italian word is Tramezzo; and the Dutch word is Doksaal. However, in Catholic Countries, they were generally removed during The Counter-Reformation, when the retention of any visual barrier between The Laity and The High Altar was widely seen as inconsistent with the Decrees of The Council of Trent. Accordingly, Rood Screens now survive in much greater numbers in Anglican and Lutheran Churches; with the greatest number of survivals, complete with Screen and Rood figures, in Scandinavia. The iconostasis in Eastern Christian Churches is a visually similar barrier, but is now generally considered to have a different origin, deriving from the ancient Altar Screen or Templon.

Five-Panel Deësis (Centre).

Iconostasis in the Cathedral of The Annunciation,

Moscow Kremlin, Russia, by Theophanes the Greek, 1405.

This File: 6 February 2005.

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The word "Rood" is derived from the Saxon word "Rood" or "Rode", meaning "Cross". The Rood Screen is so called because it was surmounted by The Rood, itself, a large figure of The Crucified Christ. Commonly, to either side of The Rood, there stood supporting statues of Saints, normally Mary and Saint John the Apostle, in an arrangement comparable to The Deesis, always found in the centre of an Orthodox Iconostasis (which uses Saint John the Baptist, instead of John the Apostle, and a Pantokrator, instead of a Crucifixion).

The carved Pulpitum Screen,

Southwell Minster,

Nottinghamshire,

England.

Photo: 25 October 2005.

Source: Own work.

Author: Necrothesp.

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Latterly, in England and Wales, The Rood tended to rise above a narrow Loft (called "The Rood Loft"), which could occasionally be substantial enough to be used as a Singing Gallery (and might even contain an Altar). However, the main purpose was to hold Candles to light The Rood, itself. The panels and uprights of The Screen did not support The Loft, which, instead, rested on a substantial Transverse Beam called "The Rood Beam" or "Candle Beam".

Access to The Rood Loft was via a narrow Rood Stair, set into the Piers supporting The Chancel Arch. In Parish Churches, the space between The Rood Beam and The Chancel Arch was commonly filled by a boarded, or lath and plaster, Tympanum, set immediately behind The Rood figures and painted with a representation of The Last Judgement. The Roof Panels, of The First Bay of The Nave, were commonly richly decorated to form a Celure, or Canopy of Honour, or there might be a separate Celure Canopy attached to the front of The Chancel Arch.

The carving or construction of The Rood Screen often included Lattice-Work, which makes it possible to partially see through The Screen, from The Nave into The Chancel. The term "Chancel" derives from the Latin word "Cancelli", meaning "Lattice", a term which had long been applied to the low Metal-Work or Stone Screens that delineate The Choir Enclosure in Early-Mediaeval Italian Cathedrals and major Churches. The passage through The Rood Screen was fitted with doors, which were kept locked, except during Services.

The Rood Screen,

now in The Lady Chapel,

Shrine of Saint Augustine,

Ramsgate, Kent, England.

Photographer: Nicholas Callinan.

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A Rood Screen in an Anglican Parish Church. The 15th-Century Rood Screen of

Saint Mellanus, Mullion, Cornwall, England, was restored, with Rood Figures and Rood Loft,

by F. C. Eden in 1925.

Photo: 6 December 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana.

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The Rood,

above The Rood Screen,

with The Rood Loft, behind.

The Church of Saint Mellanus,

Mullion, Cornwall, England

Photo: 6 December 2007.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana.

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Saint Giles. Abbot. Feast Day 1 September.

Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.

Saint Giles.
Abbot.
Feast Day 1 September.

Simple.

White Vestments.

English: Parish Church of Notre-Dame-des-Marais, La Ferte-Bernard, Sarthe,

Pays de la Loire, France. Stained-Glass Window depicting Saint Giles.

Deutsch: Katholische Pfarrkirche Notre-Dame-des-Marais in La Ferté-Bernard im Département Sarthe (Pays de la Loire/Frankreich), Bleiglasfenster (baie 10), mit Fragmenten aus dem späten 15., dem 16. und dem frühen 17. Jahrhundert; Darstellung: Szenen aus dem Leben Jesu und Marias; Ausschnitt: Hl. Ägidius

Photo: 15 August 2015.

Source: Own work.

Author: GFreihalter.

(Wikimedia Commons)

English: Stained-Glass Window depticting Saint Giles and the hind.

Church of Saint Giles, Marsaneix, Dordogne, France.

Français: Vitrail représentant Saint-Gilles,

église Saint-Gilles, Marsaneix, Dordogne, France.

Photo: 3 November 2008.

Source: Own worrk.

Author: Père Igor

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Saint Giles, born in Athens, distributed all his patrimony to the Poor and followed Jesus (Gospel). Several Miracles having made him celebrated, he fled to Provence, France, to escape away from honours. He lived in Prayer and Meditation (Introit) in the depths of a vast forest, with no other food but roots and the milk of a tame hind.

One day, when pursued by the hounds of the Visigoth King, Wamba, the hind fled to the grotto of the Saint, who, while trying to protect her, had his hand pierced by an arrow. The King, on his arrival, urgently begged the Saint to consent to the building of a Monastery on the spot.

English: Parish Church of Saint Giles, Dietfurt, Bavaria, Germany.

Deutsch: 

Stadtpfarrkirche St. Ägidius (Dietfurt a. d. Altmühl)

Date: 11 September 2008 (original upload date).

Source: Own work.

Author: A. Reinsch (Unteroktav).

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The Holy Hermit undertook its governance and, like Moses among the people of God (Epistle), he became the Chief and Law-Giver of a numerous Monastic family which followed his leadership, his Doctrine, and his Counsels (Communion). This happened in 673 A.D.

The Abbey of Saint Giles, a marvel of architecture, became one of the most frequented resorts of Pilgrims in The Middles Ages, and a Town arose there. The Counts of Toulouse regarded it as an honour to bear this Saint's name.

The ancient Missals place him among "The Fourteen Auxiliary Saints". He was invoked in France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Germany, and England, where 146 Churches were built in his honour. Saint Giles died about 721 A.D. His tomb was discovered in 1865.

Mass:  Os justi.

Commemoration of The Twelve Brothers. Martyrs.

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Oh ! I Wished One's Garden Looked Just A Little Bit Like This. I Must Have Words With The Third-Under-Gardener.

"A Feast of Colors",

Japanese Gardens of Portland,

Oregon, USA.

Photo: Derek Kind.

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