"Glück, Das Mir Verblieb". "Marietta's Lied". From Corngold's "Die Tote Stadt". Sung By Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

English: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf at The Lucerne Festival.

Deutsch: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf an den Musikfestwochen in Luzern.

Date: Nicht bekannt. ca.1948 bis 1958.

Source: Stiftung Fotodokumentation Kanton Luzern.

Author: Max Albert Wyss.

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"Glück, Das Mir Verblieb".

"Marietta's Lied".

From Corngold's "Die Tote Stadt".

Sung By Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

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Dame Olga Maria Elisabeth Friederike Schwarzkopf, DBE (9 December 1915 – 3 August 2006) was a German Soprano. She was among the foremost singers of Lieder, and was renowned for her performances of Viennese Operetta, as well as the Operas of Mozart, Wagner and Richard Strauss  After retiring from The Stage, she was a Voice Teacher Internationally. She is considered one of the greatest Sopranos of the 20th-Century.

"Glück, das mir verblieb" (German for "Joy, that near to me remained") is a Duet from the 1920 Opera Die tote Stadt (The Dead City) composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold to a Libretto by his father, Julius Korngold, as Paul Schott.

It is written for a Soprano and Tenor. Also called "The Lute Song", it appears in Act 1, approx. twenty-five minutes into the Opera. For performances as a Concert Aria, a Soprano will sing both parts.

"The Dead City" in the Opera's Title is Bruges, Belgium, identified in the opera with Marie, the dead wife of Paul. At the start of Act 1, Paul confides in a friend the extraordinary news that he has seen Marie, or her double, in the Town and that he has invited her to the house.

She arrives, and Paul addresses her as Marie, but she corrects him: She is Marietta, a dancer from Lille. He is enchanted by her, especially when she accepts his request for a song, "Glück, das mir verblieb". 

The words tell of the joy of love, but there is a sadness in it, also, because its theme is the transitory nature of life. Their voices combine in the Verse which extols the power of love to remain constant in a fleeting World.

Glück, das mir verblieb,

rück zu mir, mein treues Lieb.

Abend sinkt im Hag

bist mir Licht und Tag.

Bange pochet Herz an Herz

Hoffnung schwingt sich himmelwärts.

Wie wahr, ein traurig Lied.

Das Lied vom treuen Lieb,

das sterben muss.

Ich kenne das Lied.

Ich hört es oft in jungen,

in schöneren Tagen.

Es hat noch eine Strophe—

weiß ich sie noch?

Naht auch Sorge trüb,

rück zu mir, mein treues Lieb.

Neig dein blaß Gesicht

Sterben trennt uns nicht.

Mußt du einmal von mir gehn,

glaub, es gibt ein Auferstehn. 

Joy, that near to me remains,

Come to me, my true love.

Night sinks into the grove

You are my light and day.

Anxiously beats heart on heart

Hope itself soars heavenward.

How true, a sad song.

The song of true love,

that must die.

I know the song.

I heard it often in younger,

in better days.

It has yet another verse—

Do I know it still?

Though sorrow becomes dark,

Come to me, my true love.

Lean (to me) your pale face

Death will not separate us.

If you must leave me one day,

Believe, there is an afterlife.

"Glück, Das Mir Verblieb".

"Marietta's Lied".

From Corngold's "Die Tote Stadt".

Sung By Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

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Duchess Of Kent. Flower Of Kent. Maid Of Kent. Duke Of Kent. Prince Of Kent. HMS Kent. Men Of Kent. Kentish Men.

"Duchess of Kent" 

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Early-Mediaeval Kent.

East Kent became one of the Kingdoms of The Jutes during the 5th-Century A.D. (see Kingdom of Kent) and the area was later known as Cantia, around 730 A.D. and Cent in 835 A.D. The Early-Mediaeval inhabitants of the County were known as The Cantwara, or Kent people, whose Capital (the only Town called a Metropolis by The Venerable Bede) was at Canterbury.

Canterbury is the Religious centre of The Anglican Faith, and See of Saint Augustine of Canterbury. Augustine is Traditionally credited with bringing Christianity to Anglo-Saxon England, landing at Ebbsfleet, Pegwell Bay, on The Isle of Thanet (North-East Kent) in the Spring of 597 A.D.

A Lathe was an ancient administration division of Kent, and may well have originated during a Jutish colonisation of the County. These ancient divisions still exist, but have no administrative significance, today. There were seven Lathes in Kent at the time of The Domesday Book, which reveals that in, 1086, Kent was divided into the seven Lathes or "Lest(um)" of: Aylesford, Milton, Sutton, Borough, Eastry, Lympne; Wye.

"The Flower of Kent" Pub,

Lewisham, South-East London 

(formerly Kent).

Illustration: HEY EVENT

For administrative, judicial and taxation purposes, these units remained important for another 600 years, although, by 1295, the number of Lathes had reduced to five: Borough and Eastry were merged to form The Lathe of Saint Augustine, The Lathe of Lympne was renamed The Lathe of Shepway, The Lathes of Milton and Wye were merged to form The Lathe of Scray. Each of The Lathes were divided into smaller areas, called Hundreds, although the difference between the functions of Lathes and Hundreds remains unclear.

Mediaeval Kent.

Following the invasion of Britain by King William of Normandy in 1066, the people of Kent adopted the Motto Invicta, meaning "undefeated", and claiming that they had frightened The Normans away, as they merely used Kent to reach London.

Once London was reached, The Normans ignored most of East Kent, due to the peasants attacking them at every turn. As a result, Kent became a semi-autonomous County Palatine, under William's half-brother, Odo of Bayeux, Earl of Kent and Bishop of Bayeux, with the special powers otherwise reserved for Counties bordering Wales and Scotland.

"Duchess of Kent",

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A decade after The Norman Conquest, Penenden Heath, near Maidstone, held a successful trial of Odo of Bayeux. The trial, ordered by King William I at the behest of Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury, challenged the Earl's purported landholdings in the County, an event which represented an important attempt by Saxon landowners to reassert their pre-Norman rights and privileges.

Gavelkind was one of the most interesting examples of Customary Law in England. After The Norman Conquest, Gavelkind was superseded by The Feudal Law of Primogeniture, except in South East England. In essence, Gavelkind meant that, on death, a man's property was equally divided amongst his surviving sons, which led to land being divided into ever smaller parcels. Therefore, the wasteful Strip System of farming in open fields was never established in Kent. Gavelkind was finally abolished by The Law of Property Act in 1925.

Monument at Swanscombe, near Dartford, Kent, recording the legend

of how Kent managed to extract concessions from William the Conqueror.

Thus, Kent's Motto remains as "Invicta" (Undefeated).

This Monument depicts the meeting of Men of Kent and Kentish Men

with the Invader, William, Duke of Normandy, after The Battle of Hastings in 1066.

Photo: 28 June 2006.

Source: Own work.

Author: Philipjbailey.

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Gavelkind.

Gavelkind was a system of Land Tenure associated chiefly with The County of Kent, but also found in Ireland and Wales and some other parts of England. Its inheritance pattern is a system of Partible Inheritance, which bears resemblance to Salic Patrimony: as such, it might testify in favour of a wider, probably ancient Germanic, Tradition. Under this Law (Gavelkind), land was divided equally among sons or other heirs.

Over the Centuries, various Acts were passed to "De-Gavel" individual Manors, but, in England and Wales, it was The Administration of Estates Act 1925 that finally abolished the custom.

Before abolition of Gavelkind tenure, by The Administration of Estates Act 1925, all land in Kent was presumed to be held by Gavelkind, until the contrary was proved. It was more correctly described as Socage tenure, subject to the custom of Gavelkind. The chief peculiarities of the custom of Gavelkind were the following:

A tenant could pass on part or all of his lands as a fiefdom from fifteen years of age;

On conviction for a felony, the lands were not confiscated by The Crown;

Generally, the tenant could always dispose of his lands in his Will;

In case of Intestacy, the Estate was passed on to all the sons, or their representatives, in equal shares,
leaving all the sons equally a Gentleman. Although females, claiming in their own right, were given second preference, they could still inherit through representation;

A Dowager was entitled to one half of the land;

A Widow, who had no children, was entitled to inherit half the Estate, as a tenant, as long as she remained unmarried.

"Maid of Kent"

Steam Locomotive.

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Gavelkind, an example of Customary Law in England, was thought to have existed before The Norman Conquest of 1066, but, generally, was superseded by The Feudal Law of Primogeniture. Its survival (until as late as 1925) in one part of the Country, is regarded as a concession by The Conqueror to The People of Kent.

During The Mediaeval Period, Kent produced several rebellions, including The Peasants' Revolt, led by Wat Tyler, and, later, Jack Cade's rebellion of 1450. Thomas Wyatt led an army into London from Kent in 1553, against Queen Mary I. Canterbury became a great Pilgrimage site following the Martyrdom of Thomas Becket, who was eventually Canonised in 1246. Canterbury's Religious role also gave rise to Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, a key development in the rise of the written English language and ostensibly set in the Countryside of Kent. Rochester had its own Martyr, William of Perth, and, in 1256, Lawrence, Bishop of Rochester, travelled to Rome to obtain William's Canonisation.

As well as numerous fortified Manor Houses, Kent has a number of Traditional militarily-significant Castles, including those at Allington, Chilham, Dover, Hever, Leeds, Rochester, and Walmer, built to protect the Coast, The River Medway, or routes into London.

"Duke of Kent"

Steam Road Locomotive.

Built in 1914.

Illustration: FOTOLIBRA

Kent also played a significant role in The English Civil War, around 1648.

West Kent and East Kent are one-time Traditional Sub-Divisions of The English County of Kent, kept alive by The Association of The Men of Kent and Kentish Men: An organisation formed in 1913.

Residents of West Kent, those living West / North of The River Medway, are called "Kentish Men", as opposed to residents of East Kent, who are known as "Men of Kent".

Simplistically, the division is considered to be The River Medway, but apparently corresponds roughly to The Diocese of Rochester.

The division apparently derives from the ethnic differences between The Jutish Settlement of The East of the County and The Saxon presence in The West, although its origins are somewhat obscure.

Prince of Kent. 

Prince Michael of Kent,

by A.K. Lawrence, RA.

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However, some Towns, such as The Medway Towns - Rochester, Chatham and Gillingham (although Rainham was annexed from Swale, and is thus considered part of East Kent) and Maidstone, lie on the East / South bank of the River Medway.

West Kent had its own Quarter Sessions, based in Maidstone, until 1814, when the Administrations of East and West Kent were merged. The West Kent Quarter Sessions Division consisted of The Lathe of Aylesford, The Lathe of Sutton-at-Hone and the Lower Division of The Lathe of Scray.

HMS Kent, off the coast of Djibouti.

Photo: 1 February 2015.

Source: http://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk/

fotoweb/fwbin/download.dll/45153802.jpg

Author: LA(Phot) Simmo Simpson

/MOD.

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Places in West Kent included: Dartford; Edenbridge; Gillingham; Gravesend; Hawkhurst; Headcorn; Maidstone; Northfleet; Rochester; Royal Tunbridge Wells; Sevenoaks; Swanley; Tenterden; Tonbridge; Westerham.

The historic area of West Kent included a number of places now in Greater London; specifically The London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham, including: Beckenham; Bexley;
Biggin Hill; Bromley; Chislehurst; Deptford; Eltham; Greenwich; Lewisham; Orpington; Sidcup;
Woolwich.

See also: Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment; Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment).

The Most Holy Name Of Mary. Feast Day, Today, 12 September.

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

The Most Holy Name of Mary.

   Feast Day 12 September.

Greater-Double.

White Vestments.

English: William-Adolphe

 Bouguereau's "L'Innocence".

Both young children and the lamb 

are symbols of innocence.

Français: Bouguereau — L'Innocence.

Русский: "Невинность", картина Виллиама Бугро.

И маленький ребёнок, и ягнёнок — символы невинности.

Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).

Date: 1893.

Source/Photographer: http://www.illusionsgallery.com.

Author: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).

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The Lady Altar,

Our Lady of The Rosary Catholic Church, 

Blackfen, Kent, 

England.

Date: 2012.

Source: Own work.

Author: MULIER FORTIS

The Annunciation.

Artist: Paolo de Matteis (1662–1728).

Date: 1712.

Current location: Saint Louis Art Museum,

Missouri, United States of America.

Source: Own work.

Author: Paolo de Matteis.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Just as a few days after Christmas, we celebrate The Holy Name of Jesus, so, after The Nativity of Mary, we glorify her Holy Name. Eight days after The Birth of The Virgin, according to the custom of the Jews, her holy parents, inspired by God, say Saint Jerome and Saint Antoninus, gave her the name of Mary.

Wherefore, during The Octave of The Nativity, The Liturgy gives a Feast in honour of this Holy Name.

Spain, with the approval of Rome, in 1513, was the first to Celebrate it, and, in 1683, it was extended to the whole Church by Pope Innocent XI to thank Mary for the victory which John Sobieski, King of Poland, had just gained against the Turks, who besieged Vienna and threatened The West.

"The Name of The Virgin," says the Gospel, "was Mary." The Hebrew name of Mary, in Latin "Domina", means "Lady", or "Sovereign"; for the authority of her Son, Lord of The World, makes her a Sovereign from her birth, in fact, as well as in name [Eighth Lesson at Matins].

Whence, as we call Jesus "Our Lord", we say of Mary that she is "Our Lady". To pronounce her name is to proclaim her power.

Let us offer The Holy Sacrifice of The Mass to God, to honour The Most Holy Name of Mary and to obtain by her Intercession her continual protection (Postcommunion).

Mass: Vultum tuum.

English: The Assumption.

Deutsch: Maria Himmelfahrt, Hochaltar für St. Maria Gloriosa dei Frari in Venedig.

Français: L'Assomption de la Vierge.

Artist: Titian (1490–1576).

Date: 1516-1518.

Current location: Institution:Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, Italy.

Source/Photographer: The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei.

DVD-ROM, 2002. 

ISBN 3936122202. Distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH.

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"O Most Holy Maiden Mary".

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In accordance with Jewish custom, Our Lady’s parents named her, eight days after her birth, and were inspired to call her "Mary". The Feast of The Holy Name of Mary, therefore, follows that of her Birthday, as The Feast of The Holy Name of Jesus follows Christmas.

The Feast originated in Spain and was approved by The Holy See in 1513; Pope Innocent XI extended its observance to the whole Church in 1683, in thanksgiving to Our Blessed Lady for the victory on 12 September 1683 by John Sobieski, King of Poland, over the Turks, who were besieging Vienna and threatening The West. This day was commemorated in Vienna by creating a new kind of pastry and shaping it in the form of the Turkish half-moon. It was eaten along with coffee, which was part of the booty from the Turks.

The ancient Onomastica Sacra have preserved the meanings ascribed to Mary’s name by the Early Christian writers and perpetuated by the Greek Fathers. “Bitter Sea,” “Myrrh of the Sea,” “The Light Giver,” “The Enlightened One,” “Lady,” “Seal of The Lord,” and “Mother of The Lord” are the principal interpretations. These etymologies suppose that the Hebrew form of the name is Maryãm, not Miryãm.

From the time of Saint Jerome, until the 16th-Century, preferred interpretations of Mary’s name in The West were, “Lady,” “Bitter Sea,” “The Light Giver,” and, especially, “Star of the Sea.” "Stella Maris" was by far the favoured interpretation. The revival of Hebraic studies, which accompanied The Renaissance, led to a more critical appraisal of the meanings assigned to Our Lady’s name.

Miryãm has all the appearance of a genuine Hebrew name, and no solid reason has been discovered to warrant rejecting the Semitic origin of the word. The Hebrew name of Mary, Miryãm, (in Latin, Domina) means Lady, or Sovereign; this Mary is, in virtue of her Son’s Sovereign Authority as Lord of the World. We call Mary "Our Lady", as we call Jesus "Our Lord", and when we pronounce her name, we affirm her power, implore her aid and place ourselves under her protection.

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Saint Protus And Saint Hyacinth. Feast Day, Today, 11 September.

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unless otherwise stated.

Saint Protus and Saint Hyacinth.

Date: 2 June 2006 (original upload date).

Source: http://catholicculture.org/lit/

calendar/day.cfm?date=2003-09-11.

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Polylerus at en.wikipedia

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The Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus, 

in Blisland, Cornwall, England.

Photo: June 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana (Mattis)

(Wikimedia Commons)

Saint Protus and Saint Hyacinth were Christian Martyrs during the Persecution of Emperor Valerian (257 A.D.–259 A.D.). Protus' name is sometimes spelled Protatius, Proteus, Prothus, Prote, and Proto. Saint Hyacinth is sometimes called by his Latin name Hyacinthus (in French: Hyacinthe; Spanish: Jacinto; and Italian: Giacinto).

The day of their annual Commemoration is mentioned in the "Depositio Martyrum" on 11 September, in the Chronographia for the year 354 A.D. The Chronographia also mentions their graves, in the Coemeterium of Basilla on the Via Salaria, later the Catacomb of Saint Hermes. The "Itineraries" and other early authorities likewise give this as their place of burial.

Tradition holds that Protus and Hyacinth were brothers. They served as Chamberlains to Saint Eugenia, and were baptised, along with her, by Helenus, Bishop of Heliopolis. Devoting themselves zealously to the study of Sacred Scripture, they lived with the Hermits of Egypt and, later, accompanied Eugenia to Rome. There, they were arrested for their Christianity by Emperor Gallienus (260 A.D.–268 A.D.). Refusing to deny their Faith, they were first scourged and then beheaded on 11 September.

The Martyrdom of Saint Protus and Saint Hyacinth.

From a 14th-Century Manuscript.

This File: 7 November 2006.

User: Polylerus.

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Interior detail.The Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus, in Blisland, Cornwall, England.

Photo: June 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana (Mattis)

(Wikimedia Commons)

In 1845, Father Marchi discovered the still-undisturbed grave of Saint. Hyacinth in a Crypt of the above- mentioned Catacomb. It was a small square Niche, in which lay the ashes and pieces of burned bone, wrapped in the remains of costly stuffs.

Evidently, the Saint had been burnt; most probably both Martyrs had suffered death by fire. The Niche was closed by a marble slab, similar to that used to close a Loculus, and bearing the original Latin inscription that confirmed the date in the old Roman Martyrology:
D P III IDUS SEPTEBR
YACINTHUS
MARTYR
(Buried on 11 September Hyacinthus Martyr).

Rood Screen,

The Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus, 

in Blisland, Cornwall, England.

Photo: June 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana (Mattis)

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The Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus, 

in Blisland, Cornwall, England.

Photo: June 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana (Mattis)

(Wikimedia Commons)

In the same Chamber were found fragments of an Architrave, belonging to some later decoration, with the words:

. . . S E P U L C R U M P R O T I M (artyris) . . .
(Grave of the Martyr Protus).

Thus, both Martyrs were buried in the same Crypt. Pope Damasus I wrote an Epitaph, in honour of the two Martyrs, part of which still exists. In the Epitaph, Pope Damasus calls Protus and Hyacinth "brothers."

When Pope Leo IV (847 A.D.–855 A.D.) transferred the bones of a large number of Roman Martyrs to the Churches of Rome, the Relics of these two Saints were to be translated, also; but, probably on account of the devastation of the Burial Chamber, only the grave of Saint Protus was found. His bones were transferred to San Salvatore on the Palatine Hill.

The remains of Saint Hyacinth were placed (1849) in the Chapel of the Propaganda College. Later, the tombs of the two Saints, and a Stairway, built at the end of the 4th-Century, were discovered and restored.

The Parish Church of Blisland, in Cornwall, England, is dedicated to Saint Protus. It is known locally as Saint Pratt and Saint Hyacinth.

Wooden Vaulting. 

The Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus,

 Blisland, Cornwall, England.

Photo: June 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana (Mattis)

(Wikimedia Commons)

The following Text is taken from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saints Protus and Hyacinth.
   Martyrs.
   Feast Day 11 September.

Simple.

Red Vestments.

After having been cruelly scourged, these two brothers were beheaded and took their places in The Army of Martyrs (Alleluia).

This was at Rome, about 260 A.D., under Emperors Valerian and Gallian.

Mass: Salus autem.

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Saint Nicholas Of Tolentino. Confessor. Feast Day 10 September.

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Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.

Artist: Pietro Perugino (1448–1523).

Date: 1507.

Current location: Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica,

Rome, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

(Wikimedia Commons)

Nicholas of Tolentino (Italian: San Nicola da Tolentino, Spanish: San Nicolás de Tolentino) (circa 1246 – 10 September 1305), known as The Patron of Holy Souls, was an Italian Saint and Mystic.

Nicholas Gurrutti was born at Sant'Angelo in Pontano, in Italy, in what was then The March of Ancona. He was the son of parents who had been childless into middle age. Compagnonus de Guarutti and Amata de Guidiani, They Prayed at The Shrine of Saint Nicholas of Myra for his Intercession, and, when Amata became pregnant, they named their son after the Saint.

A studious, kind and gentle youth, at the age of sixteen Nicholas became an Augustinian Friar and was a student of the Blessed Angelus de Scarpetti. A Monk at The Monasteries at Recanati and Macerata, as well as others, he was Ordained in 1270, at the age of twenty-five, and soon became known for his Preaching and Teachings.

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.

Illustration: LIVES OF THE SAINTS

Nicholas, who had had Visions of Angels reciting "to Tolentino", in 1274 took this as a sign to move to that City, where he lived the rest of his life. Nicholas worked to counteract the decline of Morality and Religion, which came with the development of City Life in the Late-13th-Century.

On account of his kind and gentle manner, his Superiors entrusted him with the daily feeding of The Poor, at The Monastery Gates, but, at times, he was so free with the Friary's provisions that the Procurator begged the Superior to check his generosity.

Once, when weak after a long Fast, he received a Vision of The Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Augustine, who told him to eat some bread, marked with a Cross, and dipped in water. Upon doing so, he was immediately stronger. He started distributing these rolls to the ailing, while Praying to Mary, often curing the sufferers; this is the origin of The Augustinian Custom of Blessing and Distributing Saint Nicholas Bread.

Church of Saint Nicholas of Tolentine, 

Bronx, New York, 

United States of America.

Illustration: SAINT NICHOLAS OF TOLENTINE

In Tolentino, Nicholas worked as a Peacemaker in a City torn by strife between The Guelphs and Ghibellines, who, in the conflict for control of Italy, supported The Pope and The Holy Roman Emperor, respectively. He ministered to his flock, helped The Poor and visited Prisoners. When working wonders, or healing people, he always asked those he helped to "say nothing of this", explaining that he was just God's instrument.

During his life, Nicholas is said to have received Visions, including Images of Purgatory, which friends ascribed to his lengthy Fasts. Prayer for The Souls in Purgatory was the outstanding characteristic of his Spirituality. Because of this, Nicholas was proclaimed Patron of The Souls in Purgatory, in 1884, by Pope Leo XIII.

Towards the end of his life, he became ill, suffering greatly, but still continued the Mortifications that had been part of his Holy Life. Nicholas died on 10 September 1305.

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.

Patron of The Holy Souls.

Image: HELPERS OF THE HOLY SOULS

There are many tales and legends that relate to Nicholas. One says that the devil once beat him with a stick, which was then displayed for years in his Church. In another, Nicholas, a vegetarian, was served a roasted fowl, over which he made The Sign of The Cross, and it flew out a window. Nine passengers on a ship, going down at sea, once asked Nicholas' aid and he appeared in the sky, wearing The Black Augustinian Habit, radiating Golden Light, holding a Lily in his Left Hand, and, with his Right Hand, he quelled the storm. An Apparition of the Saint, it is said, once saved the burning Palace of The Doge of Venice, by throwing a piece of Blessed Bread on the flames. He was also reported to have Resurrected over one hundred dead children, including several who had drowned together.

According to the Peruvian chronicler, Antonio de la Calancha, it was Saint Nicholas of Tolentino who made possible a permanent Spanish settlement in the rigorous, high-altitude climate of Potosí, Bolivia. He reported that all children, born to Spanish colonists there, died in childbirth or soon thereafter, until a father dedicated his unborn child to Saint Nicholas of Tolentino (whose own parents, after all, had required Saintly intervention to have a child). The colonist's son, born on Christmas Eve, 1598, survived to healthy adulthood, and many later parents followed the example of naming their sons Nicolás.

Nicholas was Canonised by Pope Eugene IV (also an Augustinian) in 1446. He was the first Augustinian to be Canonised. At his Canonisation, Nicholas was credited with three hundred Miracles, including three Resurrections.

English: The Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic.

(A statue of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino is on The Charles Bridge (see next photo, below.)

Español: Puente de Carlos una mañana temprano, antes de llenarse de turistas.

Français: Pont Charles a Prague.

Čeština: Karlův most v Praze.

Photo: 7 May 2006 (Upload Date).

Source: Own work.

Author: Chosovi.

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The Remains of Saint Nicholas are preserved at The Shrine of Saint Nicholas, in the Basilica di San Nicola da Tolentino, in the City of Tolentino, Province of Macerata, in Marche, Italy.

He is particularly invoked as an Advocate for The Souls in Purgatory, especially during Lent and the month of November. In many Augustinian Churches, there are Weekly Devotions to Saint Nicholas, on behalf of The Suffering Souls. 2 November, All Souls' Day, holds special significance for the devotees of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.

Pope Saint Pius V did not include him in The Tridentine Calendar, but he was later inserted and given 10 September as his Feast Day. Judged to be of limited importance worldwide, his Liturgical Celebration was not kept in the 1969 Revision of The General Roman Calendar, but he is still recognised as one of The Saints of The Roman Catholic Church.

English: The statue of Saint Nicholas of Tolentino 

on the Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic.

Čeština: Sousoší Svatého Mikuláše Toletinského na Karlově mostě.

Photo: 31 July 2006 (Upload Date).

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A number of Churches and Oratories are dedicated to him, including San Nicolò da Tolentino, in Venice, San Nicola da Tolentino agli Orti Sallustiani, in Rome, and Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, in The Bronx, New York. In the Philippines, the 16th-Century Church of San Nicolas de Tolentino, in Banton, Romblon, was built in honour of him and his Feast Day is celebrated as the annual Biniray Festival, commemorating the Devotion of the Island's Catholic inhabitants to Saint Nicholas during the Muslim raids in the 16th-Century.

In the Province of Pampanga, Philippines, is a 440-year-old Augustinian Church, which was founded in 1575 and built in his honour. A Second-Class Relic of the Saint is Venerated every Tuesday after Mass.

He is depicted in The Black Habit of The Hermits of Saint Augustine — a Star above him, or on his breast, a Lily, or a Crucifix, garlanded with Lilies, in his hand. Sometimes, instead of the Lily, he holds a Vial filled with money or bread.

The 2012 

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino Parish 

Fiesta poster, 

Macabebe, 

Philippines.

Photo: 23 August 2012.

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Author: Jptoting.

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The following Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.

Saint Nicholas of Tolentino.
   Confessor.
   Feast Day 10 September.

Double.

White Vestments.

Nicholas, called "of Tolentino", on account of his long sojourn at this place, received the Baptismal Name of the Holy Bishop of Myra, because he was born after a Pilgrimage, made by his parents to the tomb of the great Miracle-Worker at Bari.

Following the example of his Holy Patron, although only seven years old, he Fasted several times a week. Listening, one day, to a Sermon by a Preacher of The Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine, on contempt of the World, he determined to give up all he possessed (Gospel) and to enter that Order.

He is represented holding a Lily, because he was always a model of Innocence and Purity. He died in 1308.

Mass: Justus.

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