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Monica (c. 332 – 387) was an early North African Christian saint and the mother of Augustine of Hippo.She is remembered and honored in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, albeit on different feast days, for her outstanding Christian virtues, particularly the suffering caused by her husband's adultery, and her prayerful life dedicated to the reformation of her son, who wrote extensively of ...
Monica (c. 332 – 387) was an early North African Christian saint and the mother of Augustine of Hippo.She is remembered and honored in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, albeit on different feast days, for her outstanding Christian virtues, particularly the suffering caused by her husband's adultery, and her prayerful life dedicated to the reformation of her son, who wrote extensively of ...
The cast-cement sculpture of Saint Monica of Hippo is approximately 10 ft (3.0 m) tall and rests on a concrete base that is approximately 6 ft (1.8 m) tall.[3] [4] (Father Juan Crespí visited the nearby Tongva Sacred Springs on an expedition in 1769; the scattered pools of flowing water reminded him of Monica’s tears for her son Augustine, of later Confessions fame. [5]
The eldest statue of Our Lady of Consolation in the United States was brought by a Luxembourg immigrant, Anna Margaret Deppiesse, in 1849 and later donated to Saint Nicholas Church. [48] During the American Civil War, three parishioners of Saint Augustine's Parish in Leopold, Indiana, fought for the North and were imprisoned at Andersonville ...
The inside of the basilica contains a single nave, and the church is illuminated by a rose window and double lancet windows dating from the 15th century. The church contains a chapel dedicated to Saint Monica, which contains a sepulchral stone re-discovered in the summer of 1945 that contains a funerary epigraph written by Anicius Bassus. [2]
Patron saint Notes Asia: Francis Xavier [1] John the Evangelist is the patron saint of Asia Minor, but not the entire continent. [2] [3] Africa: Moses the Black Our Lady of Africa: Cyprian is patron saint of Africa, the Roman province (Tunisia), not the entire continent. [4] The Americas: The Virgin Mary (as Our Lady of Guadalupe) [5] [6]
Saint Afra (died 304) was martyred during the Diocletian persecution. Along with Saint Ulrich & St Simpert, she is a patron saint of Augsburg. Her feast day is August 7. Afra was dedicated to the service of the goddess Venus by her mother, Hilaria. Through his teachings, Bishop Narcissus converted Afra and her family to Christianity.
The main altar included images of St Augustine of Hippo, St Monica and St Thomas Aquinas. At the time there were three chaplains. For their services, two were paid a stipend of 80 escudos and one was paid 60 escudos. [1] In 1811, the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Piedade was founded in Costa do Castelo and later at the hermitage of Senhor dos ...