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Margaret of Cortona (1247 – 22 February 1297) was an Italian penitent of the Third Order of Saint Francis. She was born in Laviano , near Perugia , and died in Cortona . She was canonised in 1728.
The church was originally the site of a small oratory dedicated to San Basilio, and built by Camaldolese monks in the 11th century. Damaged during the 1258 siege of the town by Arezzo, the church and adjacent convent were rebuilt in 1288 by efforts led by Margherita di Cortona, herself a Franciscan tertiary, and dedicated to Saints Basil, Egidius, and Catherine of Alexandria.
A growing congregation created the need for a larger church. The new Saint Margaret of Cortona was built in 1968, located on 1600 Hague Avenue. [2] In 1987, St. Margaret of Cortona Church at 3388 Trabue Rd. was sold and scheduled for demolition due to disrepair and low attendance for daily mass. [9]
This painting is now in the Diocesan Museum of Cortona. [3] [as of?] Lanfranco in his design appears to show the influence of Caravaggio's oil painting depicting St Francis in Ecstasy (1596). In turn, this painting may have influenced the design of the statuary group (1645-1662) depicting the Ecstasy of St Theresa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. [4]
The parish was established in 1887 by the Rev. James F. Kiley, with initial services being held in St. Vincent's Free School (now Le Gras Hall on the Campus of Mount Saint Vincent College). The first permanent church was erected on the Southeast corner of Riverdale Avenue and West 260th Street and dedicated August 16, 1891 by Archbishop ...
Saint Margaret of Cortona (fresco 17th-century). A Virgin of the Immaculate Conception with Saints Antony of Padua, Margaret of Cortona, and Bonaventure (1761) by Domenico Valeri; St John of Capistrano (18th-century) Trinity, Franciscan Order, Education of the Virgin and Sts Liborio and Rose (1677) attributed to Carlo Lamparelli
The painting depicts is a blunt allegory showing Margaret of Cortona, the 13th-century Franciscan tertiary, as underscored by the knotted belt of rope or cincture of the order. Margaret sits in a plain room, listening entranced to the words of an angel, whose hands finger a crown of thorns and partially obscure a skull; in her left hand, she ...
St. Margaret Of Cortona School is a private grammar school with grades Pre-K through 8th. A full day pre-Kindergarten is also available for three- and four-year-olds. 331 students attend the school. [ citation needed ] The ethnicity of the students is as follows: White, non-Hispanic: 68%, Black, non-Hispanic: 3%, Hispanic: 18%, Asian/Pacific ...