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(via F for Fake - Orson Welles, Chartres Cathedral - YouTube)

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Madonna and Child, 19th century

Giuseppe Bertini, 1825-1898

Vatican Museum, Vatican City

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Saint Tarcisius

3rd Century

Feast Day: August 15

Patronage: Altar Servers and First Holy Communicants

 St.Tarcisius is said to have been about 12 years old when he was beaten to death by a mob rather than deliver to them the Blessed Sacrament, which he was carrying to prisoners awaiting martyrdom under Valerian. He went instead of a priest because he was less recognizable. Legend is, that in spite of killing Tarcisius, those thugs were unable to pry open his hands to get control of the Body of Christ. Only later, when his body was returned to a priest, could the Eucharist be easily taken from his dead hands.

Prints, plaques & holy cards available for purchase here: (website)

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Ꮋꮎꭰꮖꭼ! 🌹

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‘Ground’ - Dan Hiller, 2020

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Lost London: Old St Paul’s Cathedral

It is believed that a church dedicated to St Paul has stood at Ludgate Hill since around 604 C.E. The building most often referred to as Old St Paul’s Cathedral was possibly the fourth to stand at that site. Construction began in 1087, following the destruction by fire of the previous church. Stone for the work was donated by William the Conqueror, and initial style of the cathedral was to be a Romanesque Norman one.

The completion of the cathedral would take over 200 years, being first delayed by another fire in 1135, after which the style was charge to Early English Gothic, and later by a series of storms which necessitated the repair of the roof. When finally finished, the cathedral measure around 180 metres long, 100 metres wide, and had wooden spire around 140 metres high, making it one of the tallest buildings in Europe.

The interior of the cathedral was said to be particularly beautiful, renowned for its carvings and stained glass, amongst which the Rose window in the eastern wall was highly regarded. One of the more elaborate aspects of decoration was a shrine to St Erkenwald, carved from stone and alabaster in a pyramid shape, and adorned with gold, silver, jewels. Erkenwald was a rather pious Bishop of London, whose bones became an object of great reverence after his death in 693; pilgrims would travel to touch or kiss his coffin, believing the saint could cure any number of maladies.

Activities inside the cathedral were limited to religious matters though. The nave, which would become known as Paul’s Walk, was a popular commercial hub, being used as a marketplace, centre of gossip and news, lawyers’ office, apothecary, and even indoor football ground. The clergy were not supportive of what they saw as an inappropriate use of a holy place, but could not effectively stand against the masses.

During the Reformation, the decorative interior of the cathedral was largely destroyed by a mob incited by radical Protestant preachers. The building was already in severe structural decline by this point, and would be further damaged by fire in 1561, leading to the collapse of the spire. Despite efforts by architects such as Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren to restore the cathedral, it would ultimately meet its end as a result of the Great Fire of London in 1666. What remained after the ravages of the flames was declared unsalvageable, and Christopher Wren set about building the structure that London knows today.

Coming soon - why St Paul’s nearly had a giant stone pineapple on top of its central tower…

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William Holman Hunt (1849–1850)

A Converted British Family Sheltering a Christian Missionary from the Persecution of the Druids detail

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This looks a lot as if it could be from DC's 1975 graphic novel version of the Bible.

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(via Thrones of Semana Santa (Tronos de Semana Santa) - YouTube)

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Tu Eris Super Domum Meam A mosaic fresco inside  St Peter’s Basilica, The Vatican, Rome.

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