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Gaudí devoted the remainder of his life to the project, and he is buried in the church's crypt. At the time of his death in 1926, less than a quarter of the project was complete. [9] Relying solely on private donations, Sagrada Família's construction progressed slowly and was interrupted by the Spanish Civil War.
Page from Vita Sancti Martini by Sulpicius Severus. A hagiography (/ ˌ h æ ɡ i ˈ ɒ ɡ r ə f i /; from Ancient Greek ἅγιος, hagios 'holy' and -γραφία, -graphia 'writing') [1] is a biography of a saint or an ecclesiastical leader, as well as, by extension, an adulatory and idealized biography of a preacher, priest, founder, saint, monk, nun or icon in any of the world's religions.
Pyramid text utterances 273 to 276 on Unas' burial chamber wall. Apart from the burial of Unas, only the Pyramid of Teti displays the Cannibal Hymn. A god who lives on his fathers, who feeds on his mothers... Unas is the bull of heaven Who rages in his heart, Who lives on the being of every god, Who eats their entrails
Portrait by Andrea del Castagno, c. 1450. The details of Boccaccio's birth are uncertain. He was born in Florence or in a village near Certaldo where his family was from. [5] [6] He was the son of Florentine merchant Boccaccino di Chellino and an unknown woman; he was likely born out of wedlock. [7]
For instance, Eliade's The Sacred and the Profane partially builds on Otto's The Idea of the Holy to show how religion emerges from the experience of the sacred, and myths of time and nature. Eliade is known for his attempt to find broad, cross-cultural parallels and unities in religion, particularly in myths.
In Greek mythology, Medea (/ m ɪ ˈ d iː ə /; Ancient Greek: Μήδεια, romanized: Mḗdeia; lit. ' planner, schemer ') [1] is the daughter of King Aeëtes of Colchis.In the myth of Jason and the Argonauts, she aids Jason in his search for the Golden Fleece.
Catholic funeral service at St Mary Immaculate Church, Charing Cross. A Catholic funeral is carried out in accordance with the prescribed rites of the Catholic Church.Such funerals are referred to in Catholic canon law as "ecclesiastical funerals" and are dealt with in canons 1176–1185 of the 1983 Code of Canon Law, [1] and in canons 874–879 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. [2]
Santa Maria Novella is a church in Florence, Italy, situated opposite, and lending its name to, the city's main railway station.Chronologically, it is the first great basilica in Florence, and is the city's principal Dominican church.