Relic In Top Of Marble Altar

Meanwhile psalm 15 14 with the antiphon saints of god or the bodies of the saints or some other suitable song is sung.

Relic in top of marble altar.

They were jailers of st peter who were converted and later martyred. In all cases the church has a longstanding preference for stone especially for the mensa or top. A deacon or presbyter brings the relics to the bishop who places them in a suitably prepared aperture. The distinction between the meaning of an image such as the famous reliquary statue of sainte foy still preserved at the monastery of conques in france.

Its top is covered with soils of five colors gathered from all over the state. Displayed on each side of the altar of santa maria in traspontina these partial pillars are said to be those to which peter and paul were bound and scourged before they were killed. The high altar at saint john lateran basilica rome. Set on an altar and carried in procession their arrival sometimes heralded by the sounding of ivory horns these highly decorated works of art made an indelible impression on the faithful.

The soils are arranged on the altar in five directions. What made finding an altar stone stashed away in a dusty drawer particularly surprising for mcgourty is that each consecrated piece of marble holds first class relics typically bones of at least two saints. This picture shows me standing at the altar and the second picture is a close up of the screen at the front of the altar behind which you can see a jar which contains the bones of the two saints. The altar at which i celebrated was the altar of ss processus and martinian.

Pope saint sylvester 314 335 who was the patron of saint. If relics of the martyrs or other saints are to be placed beneath the altar the bishop approaches the altar. In the byzantine rite the antimension blessed and signed by the bishop serves a similar function. To have a relic of a certain saint is a great treasure he said.

Consecration by a bishop of the same rite was required. Yellow in the middle green in the east red in the south white in the west and black. Apart from the buildings the most remarkable relic of the sacrificial enclosure is the square terraced white marble altar. The use of fine bronze or cast iron beautifully carved wood or various stones may all be appropriate.