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My @palimpsestzine piece, Martyrdom of St. Moritz It was such an honor to be part of this project, and had so much fun working on this absolutely challenging piece. Folks have the chance to get the zine if you haven't! donations are gonna be up until april 30th and will go to Librarians and Archivists with Palestine!
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Sandra Rodrigues Pinto
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Silvaplauna près de saint Moritz, nd (1960s?). Leonard Freed.
#black and white#photography#fotografia#fotografie#photographie#foto#retro#aviation#glider#saint moritz
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Τα φιλιά μου από St. Moritz και στ' αρχίδια σας από την Ελλάδα. Σας ξέρω/πρόλαβα!
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Charlie in Saint Moritz, Switzerland circa January 1932.
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Le Glacier Express, un train avec une magnifique vue des Alpes suisses
Nouvel article publié sur https://www.2tout2rien.fr/le-glacier-express-un-train-alpes-suisses/
Le Glacier Express, un train avec une magnifique vue des Alpes suisses
#Alpes#chemin de fer#Coire#davos#Furka#glacier#montagne#Oberalp#record du monde#Saint Moritz#suisse#train#viaduc#Zermatt#automobile#imxok#voyage
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By Seanscottphotography
Saint Moritz, Canton of Grisons, Switzerland
#curators on tumblr#landscape#switzerland#europe#travel#st moritz#saint moritz#grisons#central europe#seanscottphotography
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Fascinating!
It also makes the ‘Saint Moritz’ in Pentiment (a Game set in Medieval-Reformation Austria) very interesting.
Whilst we do see an Ethiopian priest in the Game, Moritz’ own origins are implied to be
(SPOILERS)
.. The Roman God Mars rather than him being a ‘real’ figure, let alone an Egyptian one.
Saint Maurice (also Moritz, Morris, or Mauritius; Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲙⲱⲣⲓⲥ) was an Egyptian military leader who headed the legendary Theban Legion of Rome in the 3rd century, and is one of the favorite and most widely venerated saints of that martyred group. He is the patron saint of several professions, locales, and kingdoms.
According to the hagiographical material, Maurice was an Egyptian, born in AD 250 in Thebes, an ancient city in Upper Egypt that was the capital of the New Kingdom of Egypt (1575-1069 BC). He was brought up in the region of Thebes (Luxor).
Maurice became a soldier in the Roman army. He rose through the ranks until he became the commander of the Theban legion, thus leading approximately a thousand men. He was an acknowledged Christian at a time when early Christianity was considered to be a threat to the Roman Empire. Yet, he moved easily within the pagan society of his day.
The legion, entirely composed of Christians, had been called from Thebes in Egypt to Gaul to assist Emperor Maximian in defeating a revolt by the bagaudae. The Theban Legion was dispatched with orders to clear the Great St Bernard Pass across the Alps. Before going into battle, they were instructed to offer sacrifices to the pagan gods and pay homage to the emperor. Maurice pledged his men's military allegiance to Rome. He stated that service to God superseded all else. He said that to engage in wanton slaughter was inconceivable to Christian soldiers. He and his men refused to worship Roman deities
Martyrdom
However, when Maximian ordered them to harass some local Christians, they refused. Ordering the unit to be punished, Maximian had every tenth soldier killed, a military punishment known as decimation. More orders followed, the men refused compliance as encouraged by Maurice, and a second decimation was ordered. In response to the Theban Christians' refusal to attack fellow Christians, Maximian ordered all the remaining members of his legion to be executed. The place in Switzerland where this occurred, known as Agaunum, is now Saint-Maurice, Switzerland, site of the Abbey of St. Maurice.
So reads the earliest account of their martyrdom, contained in the public letter which Bishop Eucherius of Lyon (c. 434–450), addressed to his fellow bishop, Salvius. Alternative versions have the legion refusing Maximian's orders only after discovering innocent Christians had inhabited a town they had just destroyed, or that the emperor had them executed when they refused to sacrifice to the Roman gods.
Veneration
Saint Maurice became a patron saint of the German Holy Roman Emperors. In 926, Henry the Fowler (919–936), even ceded the present Swiss canton of Aargau to the abbey, in return for Maurice's lance, sword and spurs. The sword and spurs of Saint Maurice were part of the regalia used at coronations of the Austro-Hungarian emperors until 1916, and among the most important insignia of the imperial throne (although the actual sword dates from the 12th Century). In addition, some of the emperors were anointed before the Altar of Saint Maurice at St. Peter's Basilica. In 929, Henry the Fowler held a royal court gathering (Reichsversammlung) at Magdeburg. At the same time the Mauritius Kloster in honor of Maurice was founded. In 961, Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, was building and enriching Magdeburg Cathedral, which he intended for his own tomb. To that end,
in the year 961 of the Incarnation and in the 25th year of his reign, in the presence of all of the nobility, on the vigil of Christmas, the body of St. Maurice was conveyed to him at Regensburg along with the bodies of some of the saint's companions and portions of other saints. Having been sent to Magdeburg, these relics were received with great honour by a gathering of the entire populace of the city and of their fellow countrymen. They are still venerated there, to the salvation of the homeland.
Maurice is traditionally depicted in full armor, in Italy emblazoned with a red cross. In folk culture he has become connected with the legend of the Holy Lance, which he is supposed to have carried into battle; his name is engraved on the Holy Lance of Vienna, one of several relics claimed as the spear that pierced Jesus' side on the cross. Saint Maurice gives his name to the town St. Moritz as well as to numerous places called Saint-Maurice in French speaking countries. The Indian Ocean island state of Mauritius was named after Maurice, Prince of Orange, and not directly after Maurice himself.
Over 650 religious foundations dedicated to Saint Maurice can be found in France and other European countries. In Switzerland alone, seven churches or altars in Aargau, six in the Canton of Lucerne, four in the Canton of Solothurn, and one in Appenzell Innerrhoden can be found (in fact, his feast day is a cantonal holiday in Appenzell Innerrhoden).Particularly notable among these are the Church and Abbey of Saint-Maurice-en-Valais, the Church of Saint Moritz in the Engadin, and the Monastery Chapel of Einsiedeln Abbey, where his name continues to be greatly revered. Several orders of chivalry were established in his honor as well, including the Order of the Golden Fleece, Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, and the Order of Saint Maurice. Additionally, fifty-two towns and villages in France have been named in his honor.
Maurice was also the patron saint of a Catholic parish and church in the 9th Ward of New Orleans and including part of the town of Arabi in St. Bernard Parish. The church was constructed in 1856, but was devastated by the winds and flood waters of Hurricane Katrina on 29 August 2005; the copper-plated steeple was blown off the building. The church was subsequently deconsecrated in 2008, and the local diocese put it up for sale in 2011. By 2014, a local attorney had purchased the property for a local arts organization, after which the building served as both an arts venue and the worship space for a Baptist church that had been displaced following the hurricane.
On 19 July 1941, Pope Pius XII declared Saint Maurice to be patron Saint of the Italian Army's Alpini (mountain infantry corps). The Alpini have celebrated Maurice's feast every year since then.
The Synaxarium of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria does not mention Saint Maurice, although there are several Coptic churches named for him.
#african#north african#coptic#coptic orthodox#alexandria#catholic#roman#gaul#black#black saints#pentiment#Saint Moritz#spoilers for pentiment
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#slow life#explore#menswear#travel#la dolce vita#switzerland#ootd#old money#classy#old money style#cars#classic cars#old money aesthetic#luxury travel#elegant living#bentley#porsche#ralph lauren#oldmoneycouple#model#succession#badrutt's palace#st. moritz#polo#horses#saint moritz#etherealarte#etherealuploads#photography#winter aesthetic
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Charlie Chaplin and André Citroën, Saint-Moritz, Switzerland, January 1932.
Charlie Chaplin et André Citroën, Saint-Moritz, fêtes du nouvel an 1932 © Séeberger frères
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Mercedes-Benz Museum est à Saint-Moritz. - source Mercedes-Benz Museum.
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Had to share this @weheartit-app
Saint Moritz, Switzerland
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Lights, Camera, Hockey
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