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Misericordia Dei (Mercy of God) is the title of an apostolic letter by Pope John Paul II to foster and reemphasize the importance of the Sacrament of Reconciliation. The letter is subtitled " On Certain Aspects of the Sacrament of Penance " and was promulgated on 7 April 2002 in Rome , issued as Motu proprio and was signed by him.
The origin of the Compagnia della Misericordia in Florence, 1857, by Eleuterio Pagliano (Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan). The Confraternity, known to the Florentines simply as La Misericordia, has dedicated itself since the beginning of its history to the transport of the sick to the hospitals of the city, to the collection of alms for poor girls to marry, to the burial of the dead, and to other ...
The Rosary [1] (/ ˈ r oʊ z ər i /; Latin: rosarium, in the sense of "crown of roses" or "garland of roses"), [2] formally known as the Psalter of Jesus and Mary [3] [4] (Latin: Psalterium Jesu et Mariae), also known as the Dominican Rosary [5] [6] (as distinct from other forms of rosary such as the Franciscan Crown, Bridgettine Rosary, Rosary of the Holy Wounds, etc.), refers to a set of ...
Our Lady of the Rosary (Latin: Beatae Mariae Virginis a Rosario), also known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, is a Marian title.. Our Lady of the Rosary of Bullas. The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, formerly known as Feast of Our Lady of Victory and Feast of the Holy Rosary is celebrated on 7 October in the General Roman Calendar. 7 October is the anniversary of the decisive victory of the ...
The central panel is of the common motif of the Virgin of Mercy or Madonna della Misericordia. The larger setting. In 1445, the Compagnia della Misericordia, a confraternity of Borgo San Sepolcro, commissioned Piero, a native of the town, to paint a polyptych for them. According to the taste of the time, the polyptych was to be painted with ...
In Italian it is known as the Madonna della Misericordia (Madonna of Mercy), in German as the Schutzmantelmadonna (Sheltering-cloak Madonna), in Spanish as the Virgen de la Merced or Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia (Virgin of Mercy), in French as the Notre-Dame de la Merci (Our Lady of Mercy), in Polish as the Matka Boża Miłosierdzia (Mother of God of Mercy), in Portuguese as the Nossa ...
The Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Mexico, Venezuela, Central America and the Caribbean (Spanish: Arquidiócesis Ortodoxa Antioquena de México, Venezuela, Centroamérica y El Caribe; Arabic: أبرشية المكسيك، فنزويلا، أميركا الوسطى وجزر الكاريبي للأرثوذكس الأنطاكيين [romanization needed]) is a jurisdiction of the Greek ...
Rosario is a coastal town in the province of Cavite along the shores of Manila Bay. It was formerly a barrio or of the town of San Francisco de Malabon (now General Trias). It was then called Salinas-Marsella for its salt evaporation industry. Marsella, on the other hand, comes from the Spanish word "mar" (sea).