Saint Matthew's Cathedral (Matthias Church) (Mátyás-Templom), Budapest, Hungary.

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Saint Matthew's Cathedral (on the sky-line)

Budapest, Hungary.

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English: Saint Matthew's Cathedral (Mátyás-Templom),

Budapest, Hungary.

Magyar: Pestről nézve.

Photo: 12 November 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Thaler Tamas.

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English: Coat-of-Arms of Hungary.

Blazon: “Per Pale, the first Barry of eight Gules and Argent, the second Gules, on a Mount Vert a Crown Or, issuant therefrom a Double Cross Argent. In Crest, The Holy Crown of Hungary.”

Magyar: Címer: Magyarország.

Címerleírás 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 magyarSzent Korona nyugszik.

Français: Blason la Hongrie.

Blasonnement « Parti, au premier fascé de huit pièces de gueules et d'argent; au au deuxième de gueules, à la croix patriarchale pattée d'argent, issante d'une couronne d'argent, plantée au sommet d'un mont de trois coupeaux de sinople. Timbré de lacouronne de saint Étienne. »

Deutsch: Wappen Ungarn

Blasonierung „Der gespaltene Schild zeigt vorn ein siebenmal von Rot und Silber geteiltes Feld und hinten in Rot auf dem golden gekrönten, emporragenden mittleren Teile eines grünen Dreiberges ein doppeltes silbernes Tatzenkreuz. Der Schild wird bedeckt von der Stephanskrone.“

Magyar: Mátyás-templom.

English: Saint Matthias Church (Saint Matthew's Cathedral),

Budapest, Hungary.

Photo: 12 November 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Thaler Tamas.

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Saint Matthew's Cathedral (Matthias Church) (Hungarian: Mátyás-templom) is a Roman Catholic Church located in Budapest, Hungary, in front of the Fisherman's Bastion, at the heart of Buda's Castle District.

According to Church tradition, it was originally built in the Romanesque Style in 1015. The current building was constructed, in the florid Late-Gothic-Style, in the second half of the 14th-Century and was extensively restored in the Late-19th-Century. It was the second-largest Church of Mediaeval Buda and the seventh-largest Church of the Medieval Hungarian Kingdom.

Saint Matthias Church,

Budapest, Hungary.

Photo: 16 April 2011.

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Author: Funke.

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Čeština: Budapešť.

English: The Choir, Sanctuary and High Altar,

Saint Matthias Church ((Mátyás-Templom),

Budapest, Hungary.

Photo: 2011.

Source: Own work.

Author: Dezidor.

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Officially named as The Church of Our Lady, it has been popularly named after King Matthias, who ordered the transformation of its original Southern Tower. The Church was the scene of several Coronations, including that of Charles IV, in 1916 (the last Habsburg King).

Magyar: Mátyás-Templom, Budapest.

English: Saint Matthew's Cathedral

(The Church of Our Lady),

Budapest, Hungary.

Photo: 25 January 2012.

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Author: VinceB.

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King Karl IV of Hungary, taking his Coronation Oath, 

30 December 1916,

standing on Holy Trinity Column, outside Matthias Church, Budapest.

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It was also the site for King Matthias's two weddings (the first to Catherine of Poděbrady and, after her death, to Beatrice of Naples). During the Century and a half of Turkish occupation, the vast majority of its Ecclesiastical Treasures were shipped to Pressburg (present-day Bratislava) and, following the capture of Buda, in 1541, the Church became the City's main mosque. Ornate frescoes, that previously adorned the walls of the building, were whitewashed, and interior furnishings stripped out.

Magyar: A Mátyás-templom reggeli napsütésben, madártávlatból.

English: Saint Matthias Church, Budapest, Hungary.

Photo: 14 April 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: Thaler Tamas.

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The Church was also the place of the so-called "Mary-Wonder". In 1686, during the Siege of Buda, by the Holy League, a wall of the Church collapsed, due to cannon fire. It turned out that an old Votive Madonna Statue was hidden behind the wall. As the sculpture of The Virgin Mary appeared before the praying Muslims, the morale of the Garrison collapsed, and the City fell on the same day.

The High Altar,

Saint Matthias Church (Mátyás-Templom),

Budapest, Hungary.

Photo: 7 August 2012.

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Author: D4m1en.

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Although, following the Turkish expulsion, in 1686, an attempt was made to restore the Church in the Baroque Style, historical evidence shows that the work was largely unsatisfactory. It was not until the great architectural boom, towards the end of the 19th-Century, that the building regained much of its former splendour. The architect responsible for this work was Frigyes Schulek.

Magyar: Mátyás-templom, augusztus 20.

English: Matthias Church, Budapest,

on Hungarian National Day, 20 August.

Photo: 27 January 2014.

Source: Own work.

Author: Thaler Tamas.

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Magyar: A templom Ének és Zenekara.

Mátyás-Templom, Budapest.

English: Saint Matthew's Cathedral Choir.

Photo: 23 June 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Thaler Tamas.

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The Church was restored to its original 13th-Century Plan, but a number of early, original, Gothic elements were uncovered. By also adding new motifs of his own (such as the diamond-pattern roof tiles and gargoyles-laden Spire), Schulek ensured that the work, when finished, would be highly controversial.

It is home to the Ecclesiastical Art museum, which begins in the Mediaeval Crypt and leads up to the Saint Stephen Chapel. The Gallery contains a number of Sacred Relics and Mediaeval stone carvings, along with replicas of the Hungarian Royal Crown and Coronation Jewels.

English: The High Altar, Saint Matthew's Cathedral, Budapest,

showing Our Lady, to whom the Cathedral is Dedicated.

Magyar: Mátyás-templom, a főoltár részlete.

Photo: 1 September 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Thaler Tamas.

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Magyar: Szent László-kápolna (Lotz Károly ferskói).

English: Chapel of Saint Lazlo, Saint Matthias Church, Budapest.

Photo: 10 July 2013.

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Author: Thaler Tamas.

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Magyar: Mennyezeti zárókő.

English: Ceiling Roof Boss,

surrounded by depictions of The Four Evangelists.

Saint Matthias Church, Budapest.

Photo: 10 July 2013.

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Author: Thaler Tamas.

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Magyar: Karácsonyi hangverseny a felújított templomban.

English: Children's Choir at Christmas,

Saint Matthias Church, Budapest.

Photo: 20 December 2013.

Source: Own work.

Author: Thaler Tamas.

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As I Kneel Before You . . . Ave Maria, Gratia Plena . . .

On this wonderful Feast Day of

The Most Holy Name of Mary . . . 

As I Kneel Before You . . .

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HAPPY FEAST !!!

I'll Sing A Hymn To Mary . . .

On this wonderful Feast Day of

The Most Holy Name of Mary . . .

Our Lady of Ushaw,

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HAPPY FEAST !!!

The Holy Name Of Mary - The Power Of Her Name.

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By Saint Alphonsus de Liguori.

Richard of Saint Laurence states: “There is not such powerful help in any name, nor is there any other name given to men, after that of Jesus, from which so much Salvation is poured forth upon men as from the name of Mary.”

He continues: “That the devout invocation of this Sweet and Holy Name leads to the acquisition of superabundant Graces in this life, and a very high degree of glory in the next.” After the Most Sacred name of Jesus, the Name of Mary is so rich in every good thing, that, on Earth and in Heaven, there is no other from which devout Souls receive so much Grace, Hope, and Sweetness.

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

English: Bouguereau's L'Innocence.
Both young children and the Lamb
are symbols of innocence.

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

Français: Bouguereau — L'Innocence.

Русский: "Невинность", картина Виллиама Бугро. И 

маленький ребёнок, и ягнёнок — символы невинности.

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.

Photo: MULIER FORTIS

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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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Saint Protus and Saint Hyacinth.

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The Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus,

in Blisland, Cornwall, England.

Photo: June 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana (Mattis)

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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.

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The Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus,

in Blisland, Cornwall, England.

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Author: Mattana (Mattis)

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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).

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The Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus,

in Blisland, Cornwall, England.

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The Church of Saints Hyacinth and Protus,

in Blisland, Cornwall, England.

Photo: June 2004.

Source: Own work.

Author: Mattana (Mattis)

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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,

in Blisland, Cornwall, England.

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Author: Mattana (Mattis)

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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 Valerian and Gallian.

Mass: Salus autem.

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The Betrothal Of The Blessed Virgin Mary To Saint Joseph. Feast Day 23 January.

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Betrothal of The Virgin.

Artist: Rosso Fiorentino (1494–1540).

Date: 1523.

Current location: Basilica of Saint Lawrence, Florence, Italy.

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Deutsch: Bleiglasfenster in der Stiftskirche Saint-Quiriace in Provins, einer Gemeinde im Département Seine-et-Marne (Île-de-France), Darstellung: Geschichte des Joseph, untere Szene rechts: Heirat Josephs und Marias.

English: Marriage of the Virgin, Saint-Quiriace de Provins, France.

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The Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Feast that is celebrated in certain parts of the Roman Catholic Church. It was removed from many Local Calendars by the Sacred Congregation of Rites. It was formally generally observed on 23 January.

In Matthew 1:16, Joseph is described as the husband of Mary. It is probable that Joseph and Mary were betrothed at Nazareth. The term "betrothal" indicates more than an engagement. It was customary to celebrate marriage in two stages, The first, that of the contractual arrangements culminating in consent or “betrothal.”

Scenes from the Life of the Virgin: 

Marriage of the Virgin.

Artist: Giotto (1266–1337).

Date: 1304-1306.

Current location: Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

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After a period of, perhaps, one year, in which preparations were made to establish a new home together, the second part stage, of actually conveying the wife to that home, would be accompanied by a great Feast, such as that recounted in the Gospel of John as the Marriage Feast at Cana.

The first definite knowledge of a Feast, in honour of the Espousals of Mary, dates from 29 August 1517, when, with nine other Masses in honour of Mary, it was granted by Pope Leo X to the Nuns of the Annunciation, founded by Saint Jeanne de Valois. In certain particular Churches, the Espousals of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph are honoured with an Office on 23 January.

Marriage of Mary.

Artist: Domenico Ghirlandaio (1449–1494).

Date: 1486-1490.

Current location: Tornabuoni Chapel, Florence, Italy.

Source/Photographer: Web Gallery of Art.

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Gaspar Bertoni, founder of the Stigmatines, chose Mary and Joseph, in the context of their Espousals, as Patrons of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata.

The subject, of the Espousals of Mary and Joseph, is depicted: In a fresco, in the German Chapel at the Shrine of the Holy House in Loretto, Italy; in a sculpture in the Left Portico of Holy Family Basilica in Barcelona, Spain; and in a Stained-Glass Window at Saint Rita's Basilica, Cascia, Italy.