How did Bernini transform the new St. Peter’s from a High Renaissance building to a Baroque style building? Bernini built Baldacchino as the focal point for the huge interior of St. Peter’s right under the dome. He used bronze for the most part of the architecture which made it looked splendid and striking. Instead of mounting decorations between the columns like Renaissance architects and sculptors did‚ Bernini cast them on the columns. To make the entire architecture lively‚ he built some lovely
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Saint Sebastian Saint Sebastian was born on 256 in Narbonne of Gaul. He died on 288. Saint Sebastian was venerated in the Roman Catholic Church‚ Eastern Orthodox Church‚ and Oriental church. His feast days are on January 20 (catholic)‚ and on December 18 (eastern Orthodox)‚ and his attributes are arrows. He is the patronage of soldiers‚ plagues‚ arrows‚ and athletes. The details of saint Sebastian’s martyrdom were by Ambrose of Milan. She stated that saint Sebastian came from Milan and
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Saint Alphonsa From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia For the 1952 film‚ see Alphonsa (film). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2014) Saint Alphonsa Born 19 August 1910 Died 28 July 1946 (aged 35) Venerated in Catholic Church Beatified 1986 Canonized 12 October 2008‚ Vatican Cityby Pope Benedict XVI Major shrine St. Mary’s Syro-Malabar Church
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SAINT POLYCARP ONE OF THE EARLY FATHERS OF THE APOSTOLIC CHRISTIAN CHURCH 1.0 INTRODUCTION Towards the end of the first century‚ or perhaps even at the beginning of the second century A.D.‚ the apostle John died after years of ministry to the churches of Asia Minor‚ the region now occupied by modern Turkey. John was the last of the original apostles‚ but the truths of Christianity did not die with him. His spiritual children continued to stand firm in the faith in Christ as
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Many people are familiar with the well beloved Saint Francis. He is most well known for his care and love of animals and nature. However‚ people use this as a way to prove that he was an environmentalist in the modern sense of the term. They say he is one who tried to strike a movement against the brutalities and injustices of animals. The truth is‚ Saint Francis was a man who loved God’s creation and cared for it as well as he could. Saint Francis‚ however‚ is not a modern environmentalist‚ but
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Well what exactly is the meaning of a true Saint? And what are these characteristics we seem to associate with a sinner? Those saints who have been canonized by the church have sinned‚ so do we consider them sinners? Or do we only consider those who have committed deadly sins… sinners? Well I honestly think that we are all sinners. The extent or amount of our sins may vary but not one of us can say they we perfect. I strongly feel that you would all agree that Christina is just a regular woman who
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The Saint I choose for Confirmation is Francis of Assisi. He is inspiring to me because of his close connection to God and animals. Saint Francis was born in Umbria as Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone in late 1181 or early 1182. His parents were Pietro di Bernardone‚ a wealthy silk merchant who owned farmland and Pica de Bourlemont‚ a French noblewoman. His father nicknamed him “Francesco” which means Frenchman. He was one of seven children who lived a privileged life with fancy clothes and
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As I visited the Chrysler Museum of Arts‚ I looked at several different types of artwork. There was one particular painting that really caught my eye‚ and this was the painting of The Vision of Saint Anthony of Padua by Claudio Coello. As I viewed the painting‚ I noticed that the theatrical backdrop was of an Italianate interior. Located against the backdrop was Anthony of Padua‚ a Franciscan monk dressed in dark robes and baring his head according to the dictates of his order‚ falls to his knees
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Give a brief description of the life of the saint whose name you have chosen for confirmation. Saint Rachel was the daughter of Laban and she was an old testament Jewish matriarch. She was the wife of Patriarch Jacob. She had a lot of shame during her marriage about her sterility. Later in life she had two sons‚ Joseph‚ who was gifted the many-coloured coat‚ and Benjamin. Tell how your saint is like Jesus. Saint Rachel is like Jesus in that she is selfless like Jesus when he sacrificed his life
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BEGE 1720 – Section 1 Fall 2010 Background Study of 2 Peter Biography of the Author The author of this book is identified as Peter. There are four different forms of Peter’s name in the New Testament: the Hebrew translated into Greek‚ “Simeon” to “Simon‚” and the Aramaic translated into Greek‚ “Cephas” to “Petros” (meaning “rock”). His given name was Simeon bar-Jonah (Mt 16:17; cf. Jn 1:42)‚ “Simon the son of John.” The home of Peter and Simon is said to be in Bethsaida (John 1:44). Bethsaida
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