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Daniel the Stylite (Greek: Δανιὴλ ὁ στυλίτης, c. 409 – 493) is a saint and stylite of the Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic Churches. He is commemorated on 11 December according to the liturgical calendars of these churches.
The passage includes three main components. The first is the penitential prayer of Daniel's friend Azariah (called Abednego in Babylonian, according to Daniel 1:6–7) while the three youths were in the fiery furnace. The second component is a brief account of a radiant figure who met them in the furnace yet who was unburned.
Jacopo da Montagnana did a tempera on panel painting of "Saint Daniel and Saint Louis of Toulouse" (c.1495), which is currently held by the Detroit Institute of Arts. [4] There is a chapel dedicated to Saint Daniel in the Abbey Church of Santa Giustina in Padua. The altarpiece depicting the "Martyrdom of Saint Daniel" (1677) is by Antonio Zanchi.
Daniel is given the Babylonian name Belteshazzar (Akkadian: 𒊩𒆪𒈗𒋀, romanized: Beltu-šar-uṣur, written as NIN 9.LUGAL.ŠEŠ), while his companions are given the Babylonian names Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Daniel and his friends refuse the food and wine provided by the king of Babylon to avoid becoming defiled.
Daniel (biblical figure), biblical prophet, feast day July 21 (Roman Catholic) or December 17 (Eastern Orthodox) Daniel of Padua (died 168), Italian martyr, feast day January 3; Daniel of Daniel and Verda (died 344), Christian martyr in Persia, feast day 21 February; Daniel the Stylite (409–493), Mesopotamian monk and ascetic, feast day ...
In some Greek Bibles, the Prayer and the Song appear in an appendix to the book of Psalms. [2] Susanna and the Elders: before Daniel 1:1, a prologue in early Greek manuscripts; chapter 13 in the Vulgate. This episode, along with Bel and the Dragon, is one of "the two earliest examples" of a detective story, according to Christopher Booker.
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The church and its adjacent monastery were built by 1076 by Benedictines affiliated with the Basilica of Santa Giustina di Padova.Legend holds that then Bishop Ulderico had organized a procession to transport the relics of St Daniel of Padua from the church of Santa Giustina to the cathedral, but upon arriving to this spot, the relics became too heavy to carry, and a darkness with thunder and ...