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Tuesday 21 March 2023
Saint Joseph. The Foster Father Of Jesus. Intercessor Of Great Power.
Taken from The Institute of Christ The King Media
Saint Joseph with The Infant Jesus.
Artist: Guido Reni (1575–1642).
Date: 1620s.
Collection: Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Litany is from
SSPX. SOCIETY OF SAINT PIUS X
Litany of
Saint Joseph.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ have mercy on us.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Christ, hear us.
Christ, graciously hear us.
God The Father of Heaven, have mercy on us.
God The Son, Redeemer of the World, have mercy on us.
God The Holy Ghost, have mercy on us.
Holy Trinity, One God, have mercy on us.
Holy Mary, Pray for us
Saint Joseph, Pray for us
Noble scion of David, Pray for us
Light of The Patriarchs, Pray for us
Spouse of The Mother of God, Pray for us
Chaste Guardian of The Virgin, Pray for us
Foster-Father of The Son of God, Pray for us
Sedulous Defender of Christ, Pray for us
Head of The Holy Family, Pray for us
Joseph most Just, Pray for us
Joseph most Chaste, Pray for us
Joseph most Prudent, Pray for us
Joseph most Valiant, Pray for us
Joseph most Obedient, Pray for us
Joseph most Faithful, Pray for us
Mirror of Patience, Pray for us
Lover of Poverty, Pray for us
Model of all who labour, Pray for us
Glory of Family Life, Pray for us
Protector of Virgins, Pray for us
Pillar of Families, Pray for us
Consolation of The Afflicted, Pray for us
Hope of The Sick, Pray for us
Patron of The Dying, Pray for us
Terror of The Demons, Pray for us
Protector of Holy Church, Pray for us
Lamb of God,
Who takes away the sins of the World,
spare us, O Lord.
Lamb of God,
Who takes away the sins of the World,
graciously hear us, O Lord.
Lamb of God,
Who takes away the sins of the World,
have mercy on us.
Versicle: He made him the lord of his household.
Response: And prince over all his possessions.
Let us Pray.
God, Who, in Thine ineffable Providence didst vouchsafe to choose Blessed Joseph to be The Spouse of Thy Most Holy Mother; grant, we beseech Thee, that we may be worthy to have him for our Intercessor in Heaven, whom, on Earth, we Venerate as our protector.
Who livest and reignest World without End.
Amen.
Saint Benedict (Circa 480 A.D. - Circa 547 A.D.). Abbot. Founder Of The Benedictine Order. Feast Day, Today, 21 March.
Saint Benedict.
Artist: René de Cramer.
"Copyright Brunelmar/Ghent/Belgium".
Used with Permission.
Illustration: TUMBLR
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.Saint Benedict.
Abbot.
Founder Of The Benedictine Order.
Feast Day 21 March.
Greater-Double.
White Vestments.
Saint Benedict is represented holding a broken vase out of which comes a dragon: For he was once given a vase filled with poisoned wine, which broke to pieces when he Blessed it. He is shown holding his Holy Rule, where he gives to his sons the Motto U.I.O.G.D., which means: “Ut In Ómnibus Glorificétur Deus” (“That God May Be Glorified In All Things”).
At his feet, a raven clutches a poisoned loaf, also given to Saint Benedict to encompass his death. He called the bird and ordered it to carry the loaf to a place where it should harm no-one. The bird obeyed, carried away the loaf and returned three hours after, as if to show The Man of God that he had been obeyed.
Saint Benedict and the cup of poison.
Photo: 23 June 2006.
Source: Own work.
Location: Museum of Melk Abbey, Austria.
Author: Georges Jansoone.
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: The Saint Benedict Medal.
Polski: Medal Krzyż św. Benedykta, stosowany
też jako medalik, medalion, katolickie sacramentalium - wygląd klasyczny, tradycyjny, oryginalnye.
Photo: 23 June 2015.
Source: Own work.
Author: Milki~plwiki
(Wikimedia Commons)
[Editor: On the front of the Saint Benedict Medal is Saint Benedict holding a Cross, in his Right Hand, The Christian symbol of Salvation, and, in the Left Hand, his Rule for Monasteries. To Benedict's right, below The Cross, is a poisoned cup, a reference to the legend that hostile Monks attempted to poison him, and the cup, containing poisoned wine, shattered when the Saint made The Sign of The Cross over it. To his left, below The Rule, the raven that carried off a loaf of poisoned bread. From this, is derived the Tradition that the Medal protects against poisoning.]
Monks' Night Office.
Illustration: CANTICUM SALOMONIS
At every turning of history, God raises up great Saints in order to strengthen the supernatural hold over Souls exercised by The Church in virtue of her Divine Mission.
The Roman Empire had crumbled down and the Barbarians had invaded the whole of Europe, Then, appeared, Benedict, as Chief of The Monks of The West. He was born at Nursia, in Umbria, Italy, in 480 A.D. Sent to Rome for his studies, but already endowed with the wisdom of age, says Saint Gregory, he fled from the World to the solitude of Subiaco, Italy.
After spending three years in a cave, he attracted crowds by his virtue.
The great Roman families sent their children to him and he soon Founded, in the mountains, twelve Monasteries, “Schools for The Lord's Service”, where, under the direction of an Abbot, the Monks learned, by the exercise of public Prayer, of private Prayer, and, of work, to forget self and live in God.
Where It All Began.
Saint Benedict’s Impact From Subiaco, Italy.
EWTN “Vaticano Special”.
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Saint Benedict, in The Holy Rule, orders the examination of Novices to ascertain if “they are full of solicitude for The Work of God, for obedience, and for humiliation” (Holy Rule, Chapter 48).
As “idleness is the enemy of the Soul” (Holy Rule, Chapter 48), the Holy Law-Giver, adding example to his words, showed his disciples how they were to clear lands and hearts. Uniting manual labour “with constant Preaching to the pagan population of Monte Cassino” [Dialogues of Saint Gregory], he left to his sons the Monastic Motto “Ora et Labora” (“Pray and Work”).
Forty days after the death of his sister, Saint Scholastica, Saint Benedict, standing at the foot of the Altar where he had just, by Holy Communion, taken part in the Sacrifice of The Mass and of Calvary, and supported by his disciples, who surrounded him, gave up to God his Soul transfigured by sixty-three years of austere Penance and of Fidelity to The Divine Law, which he kept in his heart (Introit).
He died in 547 A.D.
“The Holy Rule”, as The Councils called it, “inspired by the same Spirit Who has dictated The Sacred Canons” (Council of Douai), has Sanctified thousands of Souls (a recent Commentator mentions 57,000 known Benedictine Saints, of which 5,555 for Monte Cassino, alone), which, especially during the six Centuries when no other important Order existed in Europe (Saint Benedict lived in the 6th-Century A.D., Saint Dominic and Saint Francis in the 13th-Century, Saint Ignatius in the 16th-Century, Saint Vincent de Paul in the 17th-Century) left everything, following the example of the glorious Patriarch of The West (Gospel), “to enrol themselves in The Militia of Christ” (Prologue of The Rule of Saint Benedict) under The Benedictine Observance.
[Italy and France, in the 7th-Century A.D. and 8th-Century A.D., were covered with Monasteries, which counted up to a thousand Monks or Nuns. Even then, numerous Laymen, Forming Confraternities, entered the Institution of Secular Oblates, which allowed them, as The Third Orders later did, to participate in all the merits of The Benedictine family.
[In 1780, says Godescard, The Order counted 30,000 Houses. Reduced to 2,000 Houses after The French Revolution, today it counts, with its Branches, over 14,000 subjects.]
[Editor: Jean-François Godescard: Ordained Priest for The Diocese of Rouen, France, in 1756, he subsequently exercised the functions of Prior of Notre-Dame de Bon-Repos de Versailles and Canon of Saint-Honoré de Paris. He was a Member of The Rouen Academy of Sciences, Fine Letters and Arts.]
The first of Saint Benedict's precepts recommends not to prefer anything to The Liturgical Worship in which Adoration finds its most perfect expression.
Saint Benedict is called “The Doctor of Humility”. [Saint Benedict, in the 7th Chapter of his Holy Rule, presents a ladder which leads Souls to Heaven by Twelve Degrees of Humility and Love of God.]
He was a Prophet and wrought Miracles [His Empire over devils is still exercised nowadays by The Medal of Saint Benedict, which works wonders, especially in Missionary Countries, where Satan is most powerful] and “was filled with The Spirit of all The Just” says Saint Gregory.
The first of Saint Benedict's precepts recommends not to prefer anything to The Liturgical Worship in which Adoration finds its most perfect expression.
Saint Benedict is called “The Doctor of Humility”. [Saint Benedict, in the 7th Chapter of his Holy Rule, presents a ladder which leads Souls to Heaven by Twelve Degrees of Humility and Love of God.]
He was a Prophet and wrought Miracles [His Empire over devils is still exercised nowadays by The Medal of Saint Benedict, which works wonders, especially in Missionary Countries, where Satan is most powerful] and “was filled with The Spirit of all The Just” says Saint Gregory.
Among his sons, are counted more than twenty Popes, and an immense number of Bishops, Doctors of The Church [five sons of Saint Benedict are numbered among The Doctors of The Church], Apostles [Saint Augustine of Canterbury converted England, Saint Boniface converted Germany, Saint Amandus, Saint Willibrord, Saint Anscharius, and others, brought to The Faith more than twenty pagan Nations], Learned Men and Educators, who have deserved well of humanity and of The Church.
By his life, he powerfully co-operated in the work of redemption and his glorious death has made him the Patron of Holy Dying.
“Let us keep our lives in all purity, so as to atone for, and correct, during the Holy Season of Lent, all the negligences of other times”. [Saint Benedict's Holy Rule, Chapter 49.]
Mass: Os justi.
[The Benedictine Order have a Proper Mass for today.]
Commemoration: Of The Feria.
Last Gospel: Of The Feria.
By his life, he powerfully co-operated in the work of redemption and his glorious death has made him the Patron of Holy Dying.
“Let us keep our lives in all purity, so as to atone for, and correct, during the Holy Season of Lent, all the negligences of other times”. [Saint Benedict's Holy Rule, Chapter 49.]
Mass: Os justi.
[The Benedictine Order have a Proper Mass for today.]
Commemoration: Of The Feria.
Last Gospel: Of The Feria.
unless stated otherwise.
The Saint Benedict Medal is a Christian Sacramental Medal containing Symbols and Text related to The Life of Saint Benedict of Nursia, used by Roman Catholics, as well as Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists and The Western Orthodox, in The Benedictine Christian Tradition, especially Votarists and Oblates.
The Reverse of the Medal carries the Vade retro satana (“Begone, Satan !”). Sometimes carried as part of a Rosary, it is also worn separately.
The exact time and date of the making of the first Saint Benedict Medal are not clear. The Medal was originally a Cross, dedicated to the devotion in honour of Saint Benedict. At some point, Medals were struck that bore the image of Saint Benedict holding a Cross aloft in his Right Hand and his Rule for Monasteries in the other hand.
Then, a sequence of Capital Letters was placed around the large figure of The Cross on the Reverse of the Medal. The meaning of what the Letters signified was lost over time until, around 1647, an old Manuscript was discovered at The Benedictine Saint Michael's Abbey, Metten, Bavaria, Germany.
The Reverse of the Medal carries the Vade retro satana (“Begone, Satan !”). Sometimes carried as part of a Rosary, it is also worn separately.
The exact time and date of the making of the first Saint Benedict Medal are not clear. The Medal was originally a Cross, dedicated to the devotion in honour of Saint Benedict. At some point, Medals were struck that bore the image of Saint Benedict holding a Cross aloft in his Right Hand and his Rule for Monasteries in the other hand.
Then, a sequence of Capital Letters was placed around the large figure of The Cross on the Reverse of the Medal. The meaning of what the Letters signified was lost over time until, around 1647, an old Manuscript was discovered at The Benedictine Saint Michael's Abbey, Metten, Bavaria, Germany.
Who is Saint Benedict ?
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In the Manuscript, written in 1415, was a picture depicting Saint Benedict holding, in one hand, a Staff, which ends in a Cross, and a Scroll, in the other hand. On the Staff and Scroll were written in, full, the words of which the mysterious Letters were the initials, a Latin Prayer of Exorcism against Satan.
The Manuscript contains the Exorcism formula Vade retro satana (“Step back, Satan !”), and the Letters were found to correspond to this phrase.
The Exorcism Prayer is found in an Early-13th-Century legend of The Devil's Bridge, at Sens, France, wherein an Architect sold his Soul to the devil, and then, subsequently, repented. M. le Curé, of Sens, wearing his Stole, Exorcised the devil, driving him away with Holy Water and the words Vade retro satana (“Step back, Satan !”), which he made the Penitent repeat.
Medals bearing the image of Saint Benedict, a Cross, and these Letters, began to be struck in Germany, and soon spread over Europe. Saint Vincent de Paul (☩ 1660) seems to have known of it, for his Daughters of Charity have always worn it attached to their Rosary Beads, and for many years it was only made, at least in France, for them.
The Manuscript contains the Exorcism formula Vade retro satana (“Step back, Satan !”), and the Letters were found to correspond to this phrase.
The Exorcism Prayer is found in an Early-13th-Century legend of The Devil's Bridge, at Sens, France, wherein an Architect sold his Soul to the devil, and then, subsequently, repented. M. le Curé, of Sens, wearing his Stole, Exorcised the devil, driving him away with Holy Water and the words Vade retro satana (“Step back, Satan !”), which he made the Penitent repeat.
Medals bearing the image of Saint Benedict, a Cross, and these Letters, began to be struck in Germany, and soon spread over Europe. Saint Vincent de Paul (☩ 1660) seems to have known of it, for his Daughters of Charity have always worn it attached to their Rosary Beads, and for many years it was only made, at least in France, for them.
The Saint Benedict Medal.
Available on YouTube at
In Gabriel Bucelin's 1679 “Benedictus redivivus”, he recounts several incidents in which Saint Benedict's Medal was viewed as efficacious in addressing illness or some local calamity. In the 1743 “Disquisitio sacra numismata, de origine quidditate, virtute, pioque usu Numismatum seu Crucularum S. Benedicti, Abbatis, Viennae Austriae, apud Leopoldum Kaliwoda”, Abbot Löbl, of Saint Margaret's Monastery, Prague, recommended recourse to the Medal as a remedy against bleeding.
Abbot Prosper Guéranger, O.S.B., relates several incidents of Religious Conversions, which he attributes to the Intercession of Saint Benedict through the pious use of the Medal.
The Tuesday Of The Fourth Week In Lent. The Lenten Station Is At The Basilica Of Saint Laurence's-in-Damaso.
Canterbury Cathedral.
Photo Credit: A. G. Baxter.
lllustration: SHUTTERSTOCK
unless otherwise stated.
Tuesday of The Fourth Week in Lent.
Station at Saint Laurence’s-in-Damaso.
Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.
Violet Vestments.
(San Lorenzo-in-Damaso), Rome.
The Lenten Stational Church for
The Tuesday of The Fourth Week in Lent.
The Nave,
Basilica of Saint Laurence's-in-Damaso, Rome.
The Lenten Station is at the Church built in the 4th-Century A.D., by Pope Saint Damasus, in honour of the celebrated Deacon, the Martyr, Saint Laurence. This Sanctuary, in the 5th-Century A.D., was one of the twenty-five Parish Churches of Rome. The Palace adjoining contained the archives of the Church in Saint Damasus' time; it is now the Pontifical Cancellaria.
The Epistle carries us to Sinai. God had seen, with indignation, His people prostrated at the foot of the golden calf: He announced to Moses His intention of destroying this ungrateful Race. Moses Prayed and his Prayer appeased The Divine Anger. He descended from the mountain, chastised the idolaters and brought the Israelites to repentance. Let us do Penance, and God will hear our Prayers, since we are, henceforth, part of the people of God.
The Gospel introduces us into the Temple, where Jesus is accused by His perfidious enemies. He confounds them by appealing to the authority of Moses, but fails to change their hearts. Rejected by Jerusalem, He will Found a New People, The Church, which spreads over the whole World and will soon have the joy of seeing increased numbers of her children at The Paschal Festivities. Let us rejoice that we are Members of this Church.
The Prayer of Moses, upon the idolatry of his people (Epistle), has been interpreted as an allusion to the Schism that occurred in Rome on the Election of Pope Damasus. This act of rebellion was like that which was evoked by the opposition that Our Lord encountered on The Feast of Tabernacles (Gospel).
Mass: Exáudi, Deus.
Preface: Of Lent.
The Entrance of San Lorenzo-in-Damaso, Rome,
incorporated into the Palazzo della Cancelleria.
Photo: September 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa.
(Wikimedia Commons)
San Lorenzo-in-Damaso (Saint Laurence in the House of Damasus) is a Basilica Church in Rome, one of several Dedicated to the Roman Deacon and Martyr, Saint Laurence. Known since antiquity (The Synod of Pope Symmachus, 499 A.D.) as "Titulus Damasi", according to Tradition, San Lorenzo-in-Damaso was built by Pope Damasus I in his own house, in the 380s A.D.
Pope Damasus is known to have been raised in the service of the Basilica of Saint Laurence-outside-the-Walls, in Rome, and, following the death of Pope Liberius, he succeeded to the Papacy amidst factional violence. A group of Damasus' supporters, previously loyal to his opponent, Felix, attacked and killed rivals loyal to Liberius' Deacon, Ursinus, in a riot that required the intervention of the Emperor, Valentinian I, to quell.
Pope Saint Damasus I
(Pope from 366 A.D. - 384 A.D.)
Artist: Juan Carreño de Miranda (1614–1685).
(Wikimedia Commons)
Donato Bramante rebuilt the Church in the 15th-Century, by order of Cardinal Raffaele Riario, within the restoration works of the neighbouring Palazzo della Cancelleria. The last restoration was necessary after a fire that damaged the Basilica in 1944.
Immediately to the Right of the Entrance, is the Memorial of Alessandro Valtrini, designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1639.
The first Chapel, to the Right, houses a "Virgin with Saints Filippo Neri and Nicolò" by Sebastiano Conca, while the Ceiling is frescoed with "Eternity Appears to San Nicola" by Corrado Giaquinto. The first Chapel, to the Left, has a "Last Supper" by Vincenzo Berrettini.
Façade of the Palazzo della Cancelleria, Rome.
The smaller door, in the centre, is the entrance to
The Minor Basilica of Saint Laurence's-in-Damaso
(San Lorenzo-in-Damaso).
Photo: January 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)
In the first Nave to the Left, are statues of Saints Francesco Saverio and Carlo Borromeo by Stefano Maderno. To the Right of the Nave, there is a Monument to Gabriella di Savoia Massimo by Pietro Tenerani. The Presbytery, modified by Bernini, is the "Altarpiece of Saints" and "Coronation of Mary" by Federico Zuccari.
In the Nave, to the Left of the Presbytery, is the Chapel of The Santissima Concezione, completed and frescoed (1635-1638) by Pietro da Cortona. Other works include the Monument of Cardinal Trevisan (1505), the Madonna delle Gioie, attributed to Nicolò Circignani, and the Monument of Annibal Caro (1566), by Giovanni Antonio Dosio.
The Cardinal Priest of the Titulus San Laurentii-in-Damaso is Antonio Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Madrid.
Thanksgiving After Mass And Holy Communion. Plenary Indulgence Available.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Act of Resignation.
By a special act of Pope Saint Pius X, on 9 March 1904, a Plenary Indulgence was attached “in articulo mortis” to the following Prayer, even when recited in full health long before death, after Confession and Communion.
O Lord, my God, from this moment do I accept from Thy Hands, with a quiet and trusting heart, whatsoever death Thou shalt choose to send me, with its pains and griefs.
Monday 20 March 2023
The Way Of The Cross. The Perfect Undertaking For Lent.
“O, Beloved Wood”.
“O, Blessed Nails”.
“O, Sweet Burden”.
Illustration: PINTEREST
Text is from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.
Indulgences: One Plenary Indulgence each time; another Plenary Indulgence if Holy Communion is received on the same day, or ten times within the month following that exercise.
If it remained unfinished, Ten Years and Ten Quarantines for each Station visited.
(20 October 1931).
Conditions:
1. To visit each Station, unless it is impossible owing to the crowd.
[Pictures of the fourteen several Mysteries are very useful, but are not indispensable. Wooden Crosses, indicating the fourteen Stations of The Cross, are sufficient and are absolutely required.]
2. To meditate, as best one can, on The Passion of The Saviour.
No vocal Prayers are required. The Popes recommend the recitation of a Pater, an Ave, and an Act of Contrition, at each Station (April 1731).
When The Way of The Cross is made in public, a Verse of “The Stabat Mater” may be sung between each Station.
The Eighth Station.
The Women Of Jerusalem Mourn For Our Lord.
Versicle: We adore Thee, O, Christ, and we bless Thee.
Response: Because by Thy Holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world.
Priest.
At the sight of the sufferings of Jesus, some holy women in the crowd were so touched with sympathy that they openly bewailed and lamented Him.
Jesus, knowing the things that were to come to pass upon Jerusalem because of their rejection of Him, turned to them and said: “Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.”
Prayer.
O, Lord Jesus. We mourn, and will mourn, both for Thee and for ourselves; for Thy sufferings and for our sins which caused them.
O, teach us so to mourn, that we may be comforted, and escape those dreadful judgements prepared for all who reject or neglect Thee in this life.
An Act of Contrition.
O, God, we love Thee with our whole hearts, and above all things, and are heartily sorry that we have offended Thee.
May we never offend Thee any more. O, may we love Thee without ceasing, and make it our delight to do in all things Thy Most Holy Will.
Our Father . . .
Hail Mary . . .
Glory Be To The Father . . .
Have mercy on us, O, Lord. Have mercy on us.
Versicle: May the Souls of the Faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.
This Act of Contrition is to be repeated after each Station.
While passing from one Station to another, a Verse of the “Stabat Mater” is sung or said.
Versicle:
Vidit suum dulcem Natum,
Moriéndo desolátum,
Dum emísit spíritum.
Response:
Sancta Mater, istud agas,
Crucifíxi fige plagas,
Cordi meo válide.
Proceed to The Ninth Station.
Monday Of The Fourth Week In Lent. Lenten Station At The Basilica Of The Four Holy Crowned Martyrs (Santi Quattro Coronati).
Canterbury Cathedral.
Photo Credit: A. G. Baxter.
lllustration: SHUTTERSTOCK
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless otherwise stated.Monday of The Fourth Week in Lent.
Station at The Four Holy Crowned Martyrs.
Indulgence of 10 Years and 10 Quarantines.
Violet Vestments.
The First Courtyard, with The Guard Tower,
The Basilica of Santi Quattro Coronati
(The Four Holy Crowned Martyrs), Rome.
Photo: November 2005.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Station is on Mount Cælius, in a Church erected in the
7th-Century A.D. in honour of The Four Officers of The
Roman Army, who, having refused to adore a statue of Aesculapius, received The Crown of Martyrdom. These were "The Four Crowned Ones", whose Relics are Venerated in this Sanctuary, together with the head of the Martyr, Saint Sebastian, an Officer of The Army of Emperor Diocletian. This Basilica was one of twenty-five Parish Churches of Rome in the 5th-Century A.D.
The Epistle relates to us the famous Judgement of Solomon. One of the two women who appealed to his justice, having suffocated her child, whilst asleep, was jealous of her rival, whose son was living. She represents the Synagogue, whose rulers, by their indifference, had stifled Religious Life in Israel and who were jealous of the Gentiles, to whom the Church had given life through Baptism and Penance. Penitents and Catechumens prepared themselves for Baptism and Penance during Lent. Let us also prepare ourselves for our Easter Confession.
The Wisdom of Solomon, admired by the whole World, is a figure of the wisdom of the true Solomon, whose doctrine comes to regenerate the world. The Gospel of today establishes another superiority of Jesus over His Royal Ancestor: Solomon had built a Temple, rich beyond compare. Jesus, speaking of His Own Body, throws this challenge to His enemies: "Destroy this Temple, and in Three Days I will raise It up." He Rises, indeed, The Third Day after His Death. From The Church, His Mystical Body, He drives out the unworthy, as He had driven out The Sellers from the Temple, and receives into it all those who believe in Him.
Let us make ourselves pleasing to God, in body and in Soul, by the Religious Observance of The Holy Practices of Lent.
Mass: Deus, in nómine.
Preface: Of Lent.
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.
Santi Quattro Coronati is an ancient Minor Basilica in Rome. The original Church dates back to the 4th- or 5th-Century A.D., and is devoted to four anonymous Saints and Martyrs. The complex of the Basilica, with its two Courtyards, the fortified Cardinal Palace with the Saint Sylvester Chapel, and the Monastery, with its cosmatesque Cloister, is built in a silent and green part of Rome, between the Colosseum and San Giovanni-in-Laterano.
"Santi Quattro Coronati" means "The Four Holy Crowned Ones" [i.e. Martyrs], and refers to the fact that the Saints' names are not known, and therefore referred to with their number, and that they were Martyrs, since the Crown, together with the Branches of Palm, is an ancient symbol of Martyrdom.
According to The Passion of Saint Sebastian, The Four Saints were Soldiers, who refused to sacrifice to Aesculapius, and therefore were killed by order of Emperor Diocletian (284 A.D. - 305 A.D.). The bodies of the Martyrs were buried in the Cemetery of Santi Marcellino e Pietro, on the fourth mile of via Labicana, by Pope Miltiades and Saint Sebastian (whose Skull is preserved in the Church). Pope Miltiades decided that the Martyrs should be Venerated with the names of Claudius, Nicostratus, Simpronianus and Castorius. The bodies of the Martyrs are kept in four ancient Sarcophagi in the Crypt. According to a Lapid, dated 1123, the Head of one of The Four Martyrs is buried in Santa Maria-in-Cosmedin.
Tradition holds the first Church was begun by Pope Miltiades in the 4th-Century A.D., on the North Side of The Cælian Hill. One of the first Churches of Rome, it bore the Titulus "Aemilianæ", from the name of the Foundress, who probably owned the elaborate Roman villa, whose structure is evident under the Church. The Church was completed at the end of the 6th-Century A.D., and, because of its proximity to the Mediæval Papal residence of The Lateran Palace, it became prominent in its day.
The first renovations occurred under Pope Leo IV (847 A.D. - 855 A.D.), who built the Crypt under the Nave, added Side Aisles, enclosed the Courtyard before the facade, and built the Bell-Tower and the Chapels of Saint Barbara and Saint Nicholas. The Basilica, Carolingian in Style, was ninety-five metres long and fifty metres wide.
The Epistle relates to us the famous Judgement of Solomon. One of the two women who appealed to his justice, having suffocated her child, whilst asleep, was jealous of her rival, whose son was living. She represents the Synagogue, whose rulers, by their indifference, had stifled Religious Life in Israel and who were jealous of the Gentiles, to whom the Church had given life through Baptism and Penance. Penitents and Catechumens prepared themselves for Baptism and Penance during Lent. Let us also prepare ourselves for our Easter Confession.
The Wisdom of Solomon, admired by the whole World, is a figure of the wisdom of the true Solomon, whose doctrine comes to regenerate the world. The Gospel of today establishes another superiority of Jesus over His Royal Ancestor: Solomon had built a Temple, rich beyond compare. Jesus, speaking of His Own Body, throws this challenge to His enemies: "Destroy this Temple, and in Three Days I will raise It up." He Rises, indeed, The Third Day after His Death. From The Church, His Mystical Body, He drives out the unworthy, as He had driven out The Sellers from the Temple, and receives into it all those who believe in Him.
Let us make ourselves pleasing to God, in body and in Soul, by the Religious Observance of The Holy Practices of Lent.
Mass: Deus, in nómine.
Preface: Of Lent.
Internal Courtyard,
The Basilica of Santi Quattro Coronati
(The Four Holy Crowned Martyrs), Rome.
Photo: September 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)
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Santi Quattro Coronati is an ancient Minor Basilica in Rome. The original Church dates back to the 4th- or 5th-Century A.D., and is devoted to four anonymous Saints and Martyrs. The complex of the Basilica, with its two Courtyards, the fortified Cardinal Palace with the Saint Sylvester Chapel, and the Monastery, with its cosmatesque Cloister, is built in a silent and green part of Rome, between the Colosseum and San Giovanni-in-Laterano.
"Santi Quattro Coronati" means "The Four Holy Crowned Ones" [i.e. Martyrs], and refers to the fact that the Saints' names are not known, and therefore referred to with their number, and that they were Martyrs, since the Crown, together with the Branches of Palm, is an ancient symbol of Martyrdom.
According to The Passion of Saint Sebastian, The Four Saints were Soldiers, who refused to sacrifice to Aesculapius, and therefore were killed by order of Emperor Diocletian (284 A.D. - 305 A.D.). The bodies of the Martyrs were buried in the Cemetery of Santi Marcellino e Pietro, on the fourth mile of via Labicana, by Pope Miltiades and Saint Sebastian (whose Skull is preserved in the Church). Pope Miltiades decided that the Martyrs should be Venerated with the names of Claudius, Nicostratus, Simpronianus and Castorius. The bodies of the Martyrs are kept in four ancient Sarcophagi in the Crypt. According to a Lapid, dated 1123, the Head of one of The Four Martyrs is buried in Santa Maria-in-Cosmedin.
Tradition holds the first Church was begun by Pope Miltiades in the 4th-Century A.D., on the North Side of The Cælian Hill. One of the first Churches of Rome, it bore the Titulus "Aemilianæ", from the name of the Foundress, who probably owned the elaborate Roman villa, whose structure is evident under the Church. The Church was completed at the end of the 6th-Century A.D., and, because of its proximity to the Mediæval Papal residence of The Lateran Palace, it became prominent in its day.
The first renovations occurred under Pope Leo IV (847 A.D. - 855 A.D.), who built the Crypt under the Nave, added Side Aisles, enclosed the Courtyard before the facade, and built the Bell-Tower and the Chapels of Saint Barbara and Saint Nicholas. The Basilica, Carolingian in Style, was ninety-five metres long and fifty metres wide.
The Basilica of The Four Holy Crowned Martyrs, Rome.
Photo: May 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Lalupa
(Wikimedia Commons)
This Church, however, was burned to the ground by Robert Guiscard's Troops during the Norman Sack of Rome (1084). Instead of re-building the original Basilica to scale, Pope Paschal II built a smaller Basilica with two Courtyards, one in front of the other; the first corresponding to the original 9th-Century A.D. Courtyard, while the second was sited over the initial part of the Nave.
The two Aisles were included in The Cardinal Palace and in The Benedictine Monastery, Founded by Pope Paschal II. The original Apse of The Basilica, however, was preserved, and seems over-sized for the new Church, whose Nave was divided into three parts by means of Columns. The new Church was Consecrated on 20 January 1116. In 1338, it was a possession of Sassovivo Abbey.
In the 13th-Century, a Cosmatesque Cloister was added. “Cosmatesque”, or, “Cosmati”, is a Style of geometric decorative inlay stonework, typical of Mediæval Italy, and especially of Rome and its surroundings. It was used most extensively for the decoration of Church Floors, but was also used to decorate Church Walls, Pulpits, and Bishop's Thrones. The name derives from The Cosmati, the leading family workshop of Marble Craftsmen in Rome, who created such geometrical decorations. The style spread across Europe, where it was used in the most prestigious Churches: The High Altar of Westminster Abbey, for example, is decorated with a Cosmatesque Marble Floor.
The Cardinal Palace was enlarged by Cardinal Stefano Conti, a nephew of Pope Innocent III. Cardinal Conti also transformed the Palace into a Fortress, to shelter Popes in The Lateran during the Conflict with the Hohenstaufen Emperors. In 1247, the Chapel of Saint Sylvester, on the Ground Floor of the Fortress, was Consecrated; it contains frescoes depicting stories of Pope Silvester I and Emperor Constantine I. Painted in the backdrop of political struggles between Pope Innocent IV and the freshly-Excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, the frescoes are meant to underscore the desired Sovereignty of The Church (Pope Silvester I) over the Empire (Emperor Constantine).
When the Popes moved to Avignon (14th-Century), the Cardinal Palace fell into ruin. Thus, upon the return of the Popes to Rome, with Pope Martin V, a Restoration was necessary. However, when The Papal Residence moved from The Lateran to The Vatican Palace, this Basilica lost importance. In 1564, Pope Pius IV entrusted The Basilica and the buildings to The Augustinians, who still serve it.
The interest in the history of this complex renewed in 1913, thanks to the work of The Fine Arts Superintendent Antonio Muñoz. Once the building became an orphanage, The Augustinian Nuns put a revolving drum by its entrance, which was used as a "Deposit Box" for unwanted babies.
The Apse contains the frescoes (1630) by Giovanni da San Giovanni of The Four Patron Martyr Saints. The Altarpiece on the Left Nave, of San Sebastiano curato da Lucina e Irene, was painted by Giovanni Baglione. The Second Courtyard holds the Entrance to The Oratorio di San Silvestro, with frescoes of Mediæval origin, as well as others by Raffaellino da Reggio.
Santi Quattro Coronati has belonged to The Titular Churches of Rome from at least the end of the 6th-Century A.D. Among the previous Titulars are Pope Leo IV (847 A.D.), King Henry of Portugal, who, in 1580, donated the magnificent Wooden Ceiling, and Pope Benedict XV (1914). The full list is known only from The Pontificate of Gregory VII (1073-1085).
In 2002, art historian Andreina Draghi discovered an amazing display of frescoes, dating back to the 13th-Century, while restoring The Gothic Hall of The Monastery. Most of the scenes were well-preserved under a thick layer of plaster, and represented The Twelve Months, The Liberal Arts, The Four Seasons and The Zodiac. The image of King Solomon, a pious judge, painted on the Northern Wall, led scholars to argue the room was meant to be a Hall of Justice. Plaster was possibly laid after the 1348 Black Death for hygienic reasons, or, perhaps in the 15th-Century, when the Camaldolese left the Monastery.
The two Aisles were included in The Cardinal Palace and in The Benedictine Monastery, Founded by Pope Paschal II. The original Apse of The Basilica, however, was preserved, and seems over-sized for the new Church, whose Nave was divided into three parts by means of Columns. The new Church was Consecrated on 20 January 1116. In 1338, it was a possession of Sassovivo Abbey.
English: Sassovivo Abbey, Perugia, Italy. This Abbey owned The Basilica of The Four Holy Crowned Martyrs in 1338.
Italiano: Abbazia di Sassovivo,
Foligno, Perugia, Umbria, Italy.
Photo: September 2007.
Source: File:Vista abbazia.JPG
This File: 29 September 2007.
User: Cantalamessa
(Wikimedia Commons)
In the 13th-Century, a Cosmatesque Cloister was added. “Cosmatesque”, or, “Cosmati”, is a Style of geometric decorative inlay stonework, typical of Mediæval Italy, and especially of Rome and its surroundings. It was used most extensively for the decoration of Church Floors, but was also used to decorate Church Walls, Pulpits, and Bishop's Thrones. The name derives from The Cosmati, the leading family workshop of Marble Craftsmen in Rome, who created such geometrical decorations. The style spread across Europe, where it was used in the most prestigious Churches: The High Altar of Westminster Abbey, for example, is decorated with a Cosmatesque Marble Floor.
The Cardinal Palace was enlarged by Cardinal Stefano Conti, a nephew of Pope Innocent III. Cardinal Conti also transformed the Palace into a Fortress, to shelter Popes in The Lateran during the Conflict with the Hohenstaufen Emperors. In 1247, the Chapel of Saint Sylvester, on the Ground Floor of the Fortress, was Consecrated; it contains frescoes depicting stories of Pope Silvester I and Emperor Constantine I. Painted in the backdrop of political struggles between Pope Innocent IV and the freshly-Excommunicated Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, the frescoes are meant to underscore the desired Sovereignty of The Church (Pope Silvester I) over the Empire (Emperor Constantine).
In the 13th-Century, a Cosmatesque Cloister
was added to The Basilica of The Four Holy
Crowned Martyrs. Above, a Cosmatesque Screen,
Photo: September 2005.
Source: http://flickr.com/photos/
Author: Anthony Majanlahti
(Wikimedia Commons)
When the Popes moved to Avignon (14th-Century), the Cardinal Palace fell into ruin. Thus, upon the return of the Popes to Rome, with Pope Martin V, a Restoration was necessary. However, when The Papal Residence moved from The Lateran to The Vatican Palace, this Basilica lost importance. In 1564, Pope Pius IV entrusted The Basilica and the buildings to The Augustinians, who still serve it.
The interest in the history of this complex renewed in 1913, thanks to the work of The Fine Arts Superintendent Antonio Muñoz. Once the building became an orphanage, The Augustinian Nuns put a revolving drum by its entrance, which was used as a "Deposit Box" for unwanted babies.
The Apse contains the frescoes (1630) by Giovanni da San Giovanni of The Four Patron Martyr Saints. The Altarpiece on the Left Nave, of San Sebastiano curato da Lucina e Irene, was painted by Giovanni Baglione. The Second Courtyard holds the Entrance to The Oratorio di San Silvestro, with frescoes of Mediæval origin, as well as others by Raffaellino da Reggio.
Pope Pius IV (Pope from 1559-1565)
entrusted The Basilica to The Augustinians.
Date: Circa 1560.
Source: [1] - Olio su tela, cm. 104 x 79.
![[1]](http://www.papalartifacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/1279826529_pius-iv.jpg){kind=link}
Author: Cerchia di Tiziano - Cantalupo in Sabina
(Rieti), Collezione Camuccini.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Santi Quattro Coronati has belonged to The Titular Churches of Rome from at least the end of the 6th-Century A.D. Among the previous Titulars are Pope Leo IV (847 A.D.), King Henry of Portugal, who, in 1580, donated the magnificent Wooden Ceiling, and Pope Benedict XV (1914). The full list is known only from The Pontificate of Gregory VII (1073-1085).
In 2002, art historian Andreina Draghi discovered an amazing display of frescoes, dating back to the 13th-Century, while restoring The Gothic Hall of The Monastery. Most of the scenes were well-preserved under a thick layer of plaster, and represented The Twelve Months, The Liberal Arts, The Four Seasons and The Zodiac. The image of King Solomon, a pious judge, painted on the Northern Wall, led scholars to argue the room was meant to be a Hall of Justice. Plaster was possibly laid after the 1348 Black Death for hygienic reasons, or, perhaps in the 15th-Century, when the Camaldolese left the Monastery.
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