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This is thought to be the grave slab of St Ragener. Tradition has it that King Edmund and Prince Ragener were taken prisoner by the Danes following a great battle in 870 and Ragener buried at St Peter’s church – the predecessor to the present church. By the 11th century, a servant of the priest went of pilgrimage to Rome and on his return was told in a vision that ‘a friend of God’ lay buried beneath the church. Sure enough, they discovered a grave in which a scroll claimed its occupant was Ragener, and a sufficient number of miraculous cures were recorded that Ragener became a saint. Whether or not the grave was indeed Ragener, this is by all accounts a grave slab of the period, and intended for someone of great substance. The fact that some carvings are meant to be viewed from one direction while others need to be viewed the other way round suggests it was indeed a grave slab, to be seen from above.
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Vatican City i/ˈvætɨkən ˈsɪti/, or Vatican City State,[11] in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano (pronounced [ˈstaːto della t͡ʃitˈta del vatiˈkaːno]),[12] is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome, Italy. It has an area of approximately 44 hectares (110 acres), and a population of just over 800.[3][13] This makes Vatican City the smallest independent state in the world by both area and population.
Vatican City was established as an independent state in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty, signed by Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Gasparri, on behalf of Pope Pius XI and by Prime Minister and Head of Government Benito Mussolini on behalf of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.[14] Vatican City State is distinct from the Holy See,[15] which dates back to early Christianity and is the main episcopal see of 1.2 billion Latin and Eastern Catholic adherents around the globe. Ordinances of Vatican City are published in Italian; official documents of the Holy See are issued mainly in Latin. The two entities have distinct passports: the Holy See, not being a country, issues only diplomatic and service passports, whereas Vatican City State issues normal passports. In each case very few passports are issued.
Surrounded on three sides by a loop in the River Brun (“Brown River”), the parish church of St. Peter is the oldest Christian place of worship in the East Lancashire town of Burnley (“Woodland Clearing by the River Brun”). It was on this site in fact that the town first started to develop, way back in the time of the Saxons. The loop in the river would have protected the town from thieves and wild animals and on the undefended east side of the settlement the inhabitants would probably have erected a sturdy fence that ran from riverbank to riverbank.
Before the present church of St. Peter was built, the site was occupied by an earlier church that is known to date back to at least 1122. Although there are no existing records, it is tempting to speculate that a church was founded here to commemorate the events of 937, when King Athelstan (grandson of King Alfred the Great) defeated the Danes at the battle of Brunanburh and took possession of the town. It has even been suggested that the battle took place on the moors above Burnley, although this is hotly contested and many think it was fought on the Wirral peninsular. The oldest part of the present church is the base of the tower which was erected between 1400 and 1500, during the years of the Perpendicular style of architecture. The tower has been modified many times over the centuries and the top was only added in 1803, when the height was raised to carry eight new bells. The old church was largely rebuilt in the 1530s by Thomas Sellars and Nicholas Craven and the nave and the north aisle date back to that period. The south aisle was remodelled in 1789 and in 1802 the north aisle was modified to match. Features of interest inside the church include the timber nave roof and the stone font, which both date back to the 1530s, the 14th century tombstone of Oliver de Stansfield in the Stansfield Chapel, and the Victorian painted roof over the chancel. St. Peter’s church is a Grade II* listed building.
An interesting tale is associated with the construction of St. Peter’s church that has been commemorated by carving the likeness of a pig on the south side of the church tower. Apparently it was originally intended to construct the church a little further east, towards the bottom of what is now Ormerod Road. Each night, however, all the building materials and the builders’ tools were mysteriously moved to the site where the church now stands. The builders somehow became convinced that all this nocturnal tomfoolery was being committed by a herd of pigs under the influence of Satan so they eventually gave up and built the church in its current location.
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The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply St. Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is an Italian Renaissance church in Vatican City, the papal enclave within the city of Rome. (2/25/2019)
A view over Guernsey's capital, St Peter Port: the spire of the town church, the harbour, and Castle Cornet. One of the town's most representative trio of places! Jethou is just visible on the horizon left of shot.
Since its initial founding in 994 and expansion around 1200, the church has undergone a number of changes. Much was rebuilt and extended in the fourteenth century, in the Decorated Style, and it was substantially altered in the middle of the fifteenth century. It suffered damage in the Civil War and was again restored, and then the Victorians completely rebuilt and extended its chancel. Almost unusually this work was not carried out by George Gilbert Scott, who had such a major infuence on Gothic Revival, but by Ewan Christian, whose ideas were obviously much in keeping. This memorial dates from 1705 and records the generosity of Thomas Bracegirdle, who funded repairs to the church and particularly its organ, after the Civil War. The plaque also commemorates his two wives, Mary who produced no less than eight children, and Sarah, who presumably had none, but was sister of 'the celebrated learned William Gibbons, doctor of physick in London'.
Another longer and wider view of the inside of St Peter's Church East Maitland NSW; taken last week.
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St Peter's Basilica is baroque at its boisterous best… I honestly like St Paul's better, it's better proportioned (Wren would be pleased to hear this!). My favourite appraisal of St Peter's came from a little kid – "It's big and ugly".
"The reason for this festival is blessed Peter of the Order of Preachers. He chose the more sure path of life and gave himself to the service of God. He strove to live in accord with the Gospel; this was the aim of everything that he did. He chose the direct and light-filled path, the firm Rule of his Order, to be conducted, directed, led and introduced to that repose which follows upon exertion. With this Rule, preceded by faith and with charity as a companion, for nearly thirty years he went forth to defend the faith which burned in his heart. And so, firmly established on the rock of faith and finally dashed upon the rock of suffering, Peter mounts the Rock who is Christ to receive his crown.
He wished to die for the faith and with persistance he would often ask the Lord that he not be permitted to leave this life without having drunk from the cup of suffering. He was struck down by a sacrilegious act while carrying out the ministry of Christ and he did not cry out but bore everything with patience. He commended his spirit to God, saying, ‘Into your hands, O Lord, I commend my spirit.’ Then he began to recite the Creed, preaching it without ceasing, even as he lay dying."
– from the Bull of Canonization for St Peter of Verona, first martyr of the Dominicans.
Detail from a fresco by Beato Angelico in the Chapter House of the convent of San Marco, Florence.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica
The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply St. Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is an Italian Renaissance church in Vatican City, the papal enclave within the city of Rome.
Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world. While it is neither the mother church of the Catholic Church nor the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, St. Peter's is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic shrines. It has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world" and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom".
Catholic tradition holds that the Basilica is the burial site of Saint Peter, chief among Jesus's Apostles and also the first Bishop of Rome. Saint Peter's tomb is supposedly directly below the high altar of the Basilica. For this reason, many Popes have been interred at St. Peter's since the Early Christian period, and there has been a church on this site since the time of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. Construction of the present basilica, which would replace Old St. Peter's Basilica from the 4th century AD, began on 18 April 1506 and was completed on 18 November 1626.
St. Peter's is famous as a place of pilgrimage and for its liturgical functions. The Pope presides at a number of liturgies throughout the year, drawing audiences of 15,000 to over 80,000 people, either within the Basilica or the adjoining St. Peter's Square. St. Peter's has many historical associations, with the Early Christian Church, the Papacy, the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-reformation and numerous artists, especially Michelangelo. As a work of architecture, it is regarded as the greatest building of its age. St. Peter's is one of the four churches in the world that hold the rank of Major Basilica, all four of which are in Rome. Contrary to popular misconception, it is not a cathedral because it is not the seat of a bishop; the Cathedra of the Pope as Bishop of Rome is in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome
Rome is the capital city and a special comune of Italy (named Comune di Roma Capitale). Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region. With 2,872,800 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi), it is also the country's most populated comune. It is the fourth most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. It is the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome, which has a population of 4,355,725 residents, thus making it the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. The Vatican City (the smallest country in the world) is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city: for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states.
Rome's history spans 28 centuries. While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe. The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines. Eventually, the city successively became the capital of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and is regarded by some as the first ever metropolis. It was first called The Eternal City (Latin: Urbs Aeterna; Italian: La Città Eterna) by the Roman poet Tibullus in the 1st century BC, and the expression was also taken up by Ovid, Virgil, and Livy. Rome is also called the "Caput Mundi" (Capital of the World). After the fall of the Western Empire, which marked the beginning of the Middle Ages, Rome slowly fell under the political control of the Papacy, and in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. Beginning with the Renaissance, almost all the popes since Nicholas V (1447–1455) pursued over four hundred years a coherent architectural and urban programme aimed at making the city the artistic and cultural centre of the world. In this way, Rome became first one of the major centres of the Italian Renaissance, and then the birthplace of both the Baroque style and Neoclassicism. Famous artists, painters, sculptors and architects made Rome the centre of their activity, creating masterpieces throughout the city. In 1871, Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, which, in 1946, became the Italian Republic.
Rome has the status of a global city. In 2016, Rome ranked as the 14th-most-visited city in the world, 3rd most visited in the European Union, and the most popular tourist attraction in Italy. Its historic centre is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The famous Vatican Museums are among the world's most visited museums while the Colosseum was the most popular tourist attraction in world with 7.4 million visitors in 2018. Host city for the 1960 Summer Olympics, Rome is the seat of several specialized agencies of the United Nations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The city also hosts the Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) as well as the headquarters of many international business companies such as Eni, Enel, TIM, Leonardo S.p.A., and national and international banks such as Unicredit and BNL. Its business district, called EUR, is the base of many companies involved in the oil industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and financial services. Rome is also an important fashion and design centre thanks to renowned international brands centered in the city. Rome's Cinecittà Studios have been the set of many Academy Award–winning movies.
St. Peter and St. Paul’s is a thatched church, as all early churches originally were. Mautby is well placed for thatching reed being close to the Norfolk Broads.
The nave and chancel are covered in one roof, and were built in the 13th. century, with a later aisle added on the south side.
The base of the 46 ft. (14 m) high tower is late Saxon/ early Norman and probably formed part of an older Saxon church. A lithograph by Robert Berney Ladbrooke in the 1850’s shows that there was a short pyramid roof on top of the tower, but in 1884 this was removed and replaced by a battlement parapet of brick faced with flints to match the tower. The tower houses only one bell, inscribed, 'Robs Batalie gaf me in the name of ye Trenite'. The bell, with a diameter of 36 ¼ in. (920 mm), was provided under the will of Sir Robert Batalie of Acle in 1491. Records show that in 1522 there were two bells.
The stair turret was added in the 15th. century. Above the tower arch at first floor level is a blocked door, this was the original access to that floor before the staircase was built. The arch into the tower is pointed which indicates that the tower was built in 13th. century.
Included in a 1884 restoration, by the minor architect Arthur Hewitt of Great Yarmouth, was the building of the entrance porch.
The font dates to between 1300 and 1375. It is decorated around the bowl with quatrefoils alternating with shields, which were probably painted at one time.
The tomb of the Knight Templar Sir Walter de Mauteby, who died in 1248, is near the lectern. His feet rest on a dog indicating that he died at home. A dog represents loyalty and would lead the decease to the next world.
Originally it was thought the tomb was defaced by Puritan zealots who also removed many brasses from the church, but a drawing of Sir Walter's effigy, dated 1839 by John Sell Cotman of the Norwich School, shows only partial defacement, so maybe the tomb was damaged when the south aisle was removed.
In “Sepulchral Monuments of the County of Norfolk” by Blomefield, the effigy is described as wearing a haubert (a piece of armour which covered only the neck and shoulders), and chausses (armour for the legs). This leg armour was from the ankle to the knees. He also had a hood of chain mail under which was probably worn a flat skull cap of plate. The armour is covered with a sleeveless surcoat that reaches to the knees. His shield was of the heater shape and it covered most of his body. His legs were crossed, as was the fashion at the time.
The most famous person associated with Mautby is Margaret Paston nee Mauteby, one of the writers of the medieval Paston Letters. When she died in 1484 she left written instructions that her body should be buried,
'In the ele of that church at Mawteby, byfore the ymage of Our Lady there, in which ele the bodies of divers myn auncestres, whose sowles God assoile'.
She was buried in the south aisle, however, this part of the church fell into disrepair in the 17th. or 18th. century and was demolished by the Victorians. Her remains, therefore, now lie outside of the church, but the exact place is not marked.
The church gained Grade: II* listed building status on 25th. September 1962. (English Heritage Legacy ID: 227781).
St Peter's Church, Dunchurch (26/52)
The parish church of St. Peter’s Dunchurch, Warwickshire, was extensively restored in 1908. It was rebuilt in the 14th century from an earlier church and the tower was added in the 15th century. Very little remains of the earlier church except for the 13th century south wall of the chancel, piscina, and the base of the arcade pillars.
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This Gothic revival church, built in 1852-54 by stonemason Duncan McRae, whose Little Britain Church I have also posted, is the oldest Aboriginal stone church in Western Canada. It is a remnant of the Anishinaabe community of St. Peter’s, the first Aboriginal agricultural community in Western Canada. The community was subsequently relocated to the Peguis Reserve near Hodgson Manitoba, but the gravesite of historically important Ojibway Chief Peguis is in the Dynevor cemetery along with more than 3,000 other gravesites.
During a restoration in 2002-2003, centuries old aboriginal artifacts were found under the floor boards of the church.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica
The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply St. Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is an Italian Renaissance church in Vatican City, the papal enclave within the city of Rome.
Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world. While it is neither the mother church of the Catholic Church nor the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, St. Peter's is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic shrines. It has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world" and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom".
Catholic tradition holds that the Basilica is the burial site of Saint Peter, chief among Jesus's Apostles and also the first Bishop of Rome. Saint Peter's tomb is supposedly directly below the high altar of the Basilica. For this reason, many Popes have been interred at St. Peter's since the Early Christian period, and there has been a church on this site since the time of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. Construction of the present basilica, which would replace Old St. Peter's Basilica from the 4th century AD, began on 18 April 1506 and was completed on 18 November 1626.
St. Peter's is famous as a place of pilgrimage and for its liturgical functions. The Pope presides at a number of liturgies throughout the year, drawing audiences of 15,000 to over 80,000 people, either within the Basilica or the adjoining St. Peter's Square. St. Peter's has many historical associations, with the Early Christian Church, the Papacy, the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-reformation and numerous artists, especially Michelangelo. As a work of architecture, it is regarded as the greatest building of its age. St. Peter's is one of the four churches in the world that hold the rank of Major Basilica, all four of which are in Rome. Contrary to popular misconception, it is not a cathedral because it is not the seat of a bishop; the Cathedra of the Pope as Bishop of Rome is in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome
Rome is the capital city and a special comune of Italy (named Comune di Roma Capitale). Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region. With 2,872,800 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi), it is also the country's most populated comune. It is the fourth most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. It is the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome, which has a population of 4,355,725 residents, thus making it the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. The Vatican City (the smallest country in the world) is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city: for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states.
Rome's history spans 28 centuries. While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe. The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines. Eventually, the city successively became the capital of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and is regarded by some as the first ever metropolis. It was first called The Eternal City (Latin: Urbs Aeterna; Italian: La Città Eterna) by the Roman poet Tibullus in the 1st century BC, and the expression was also taken up by Ovid, Virgil, and Livy. Rome is also called the "Caput Mundi" (Capital of the World). After the fall of the Western Empire, which marked the beginning of the Middle Ages, Rome slowly fell under the political control of the Papacy, and in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. Beginning with the Renaissance, almost all the popes since Nicholas V (1447–1455) pursued over four hundred years a coherent architectural and urban programme aimed at making the city the artistic and cultural centre of the world. In this way, Rome became first one of the major centres of the Italian Renaissance, and then the birthplace of both the Baroque style and Neoclassicism. Famous artists, painters, sculptors and architects made Rome the centre of their activity, creating masterpieces throughout the city. In 1871, Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, which, in 1946, became the Italian Republic.
Rome has the status of a global city. In 2016, Rome ranked as the 14th-most-visited city in the world, 3rd most visited in the European Union, and the most popular tourist attraction in Italy. Its historic centre is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The famous Vatican Museums are among the world's most visited museums while the Colosseum was the most popular tourist attraction in world with 7.4 million visitors in 2018. Host city for the 1960 Summer Olympics, Rome is the seat of several specialized agencies of the United Nations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The city also hosts the Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) as well as the headquarters of many international business companies such as Eni, Enel, TIM, Leonardo S.p.A., and national and international banks such as Unicredit and BNL. Its business district, called EUR, is the base of many companies involved in the oil industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and financial services. Rome is also an important fashion and design centre thanks to renowned international brands centered in the city. Rome's Cinecittà Studios have been the set of many Academy Award–winning movies.
St. Peter's Church in Hope, Derbyshire Peak District, under a slab of grey clouds, which has become almost a default sky of Winter 2024.
St Peter, Barnburgh, South Yorkshire.
Grade l listed.
The Church of St Peter is situated at the centre of the village of Barnburgh, near Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, and serves the communities of Barnburgh and Harlington.
Construction
St Peter's consists of a tower of four stages surmounted by a small, squat spire, a nave with north and south aisles, a chancel with a north aisle or chapel, and a porch. The church is built of a mixture of sandstone and magnesium limestone.
Although there has been a church on this site since c. 1150 AD, nothing remains of the original church.
There is a private chantry chapel north of the chancel for the Cresacre family, who were Lords of Barnburgh from the 13th to the 16th century. Most of this chapel is taken up by the tomb of Sir Percival Cresacre (who died in 1477) and his wife, Alice (died 1450).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Barnburgh
www.barnburghandharlington.co.uk/stpetershistory.html
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CHURCH OF ST PETER, BARNBURGH
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1151675
Date first listed: 05-Jun-1968
Statutory Address 1: CHURCH OF ST PETER
National Grid Reference: SE 48413 03211
Details
SE40SE BARNBURGH
6/7 Church of St. Peter 5.6.68
GV I
Church. C11-C12 lower tower, arcade of c1200, otherwise C14 and C15; restored 1869. Ashlar limestone, lead roofs. 3-stage west tower, 2-bay aisled nave with south porch, 2-bay chancel with north chapel. Decorated and Perpendicular tracery; embattled throughout. Tower: offset angle buttresses to earlier lower part. Recessed west window has 2 ogee-headed lights beneath segmental arch. Small round- headed window on south side. Offset beneath 2nd stage, clock on east side. C15 upper stage with offset and string course beneath transomed, 2-light belfry openings with continuous hoodmould. String course with corner gargoyles; parapet with pinnacled corner turrets. Recessed spirelet with crockets and weathervane. Nave: chamfered plinth, offset angle buttresses to aisle. Porch to bay 1 with pointed arch flanked by diagonal buttresses, chamfered transverse arches within. Decorated 3-light window to bay 2. String course beneath parapet. Clerestorey has square-headed windows of 2 cusped lights; parapet as aisle, east pinnacles. North aisle has blocked, quoined doorway to west of 2, pointed-arched, 3-light windows. North clerestorey windows of 3 pointed lights. Chancel: lower. Hooded priest's door flanked by restored 3-light window with reticulated tracery. Angle buttresses flank C19, 5-light, east window with geometrical tracery, east pinnacles. North chapel has blocked doorway with 4-centred arch and hoodmould; 2 windows to east as north aisle, hoodmoulds. Renewed pinnacles.
Interior: moulded, pointed tower arch. Double-chamfered arcades on cylindrical piers with octagonal capitals; broach-stopped base to north. Quadrant-moulded chancel arch. Gothic Revival arcade to north chapel with twin-shafted pier. Piscinas to nave and north chapel, reliquary niche to north aisle. Nave, south aisle and chancel roofs C15 with cambered tie beams and bosses. Nave has octagonal font with billets round base. Restoration date plaque: 1869 for John Hartop of Barnburgh Hall. Good Romanesque cross shaft near north aisle pier has acanthus carving and figures in high relief (Ryder, p103). Medieval parclose screen encloses chapel in south aisle, similar screen at east end of north aisle. North chapel has excellent early C14 wooden effigy of knight with heart in hands; now set within buttressed and canopied tomb to Sir Percival Cresacre (d.1477) with much Latin inscription. Wall monument to Vincent family on south wall of chapel, Thomas Vincent(d.1667),also brass to Anna Cresacre (d.1577) the ward and later daughter-in-law of Sir Thomas More. Brass in chancel to Alice (d.1716) wife of G. Mompesson.
Rev. W. J. Parker, The Cresacre Treasure: The Church and Village of Barnburgh, undated booklet.
P. F. Ryder, Saxon Churches in South Yorkshire, South Yorkshire County Council Archaeology Monograph, No 2, 1982.
Listing NGR: SE4841403212
Sources
Books and journals
Parker, W J , The Cresacre Treasure, The Church and Village of Barnburgh
Ryder, P F, 'South Yorkshire County Archaeological Monograph' in Saxon Churches in South Yorkshire, , Vol. 2, (1982), 103
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/115167...
Looking east past the late 19c font, down the nave & chancel which date from late 12c , They are divided by a 15c screen, with no chancel arch. Remodelled with new windows etc late 13c /early 14c when the nave was lengthened . A 13c piscina by the pulpit indicates the site of a south chapel
All restored in 1858, - Church of St. Peter , Withington Herefordshire
Pictured here is the interior dome of St Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.The dome of St. Peter's Basilica, having a diameter of 41 m, is 120 m in height and is considered the tallest dome in the world. The attention to detail and the choices of colour contrast are mind boggling. You will definately be mesmerized by its beauty. The dome is divided into sixteen ribs, with each depicting Jesus and its Apostles, angels bearing the instruments of Jesus passion and some other images related to Christendom. At the rim of the oculus, there is a Latin inscription - S. PETRI GLORIAE SIXTVS PP. V.A.M.D.XC. PONTIF V which carries the meaning "To the glory of St Peter, Sixtus V, pope, in the year 1950 and the fifth year of his pontificate". It is to honour Pope Sixtus V for his contribution in completion of the dome in 1590.
To get a close view of the dome and cupola within the basilica is by climbing the dome of the basilica. The fee is 7 Euros if you take the lift and 5 Euros if you decided to take the stairs. Climbing the cupola also allows you to go outside the roof. Not only you get to see the interior details closer but also you will have the opportunity to see the best view of the St Peter's Square.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica
The Papal Basilica of St. Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply St. Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is an Italian Renaissance church in Vatican City, the papal enclave within the city of Rome.
Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and the largest church in the world. While it is neither the mother church of the Catholic Church nor the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, St. Peter's is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic shrines. It has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world" and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom".
Catholic tradition holds that the Basilica is the burial site of Saint Peter, chief among Jesus's Apostles and also the first Bishop of Rome. Saint Peter's tomb is supposedly directly below the high altar of the Basilica. For this reason, many Popes have been interred at St. Peter's since the Early Christian period, and there has been a church on this site since the time of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. Construction of the present basilica, which would replace Old St. Peter's Basilica from the 4th century AD, began on 18 April 1506 and was completed on 18 November 1626.
St. Peter's is famous as a place of pilgrimage and for its liturgical functions. The Pope presides at a number of liturgies throughout the year, drawing audiences of 15,000 to over 80,000 people, either within the Basilica or the adjoining St. Peter's Square. St. Peter's has many historical associations, with the Early Christian Church, the Papacy, the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-reformation and numerous artists, especially Michelangelo. As a work of architecture, it is regarded as the greatest building of its age. St. Peter's is one of the four churches in the world that hold the rank of Major Basilica, all four of which are in Rome. Contrary to popular misconception, it is not a cathedral because it is not the seat of a bishop; the Cathedra of the Pope as Bishop of Rome is in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome
Rome is the capital city and a special comune of Italy (named Comune di Roma Capitale). Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region. With 2,872,800 residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq mi), it is also the country's most populated comune. It is the fourth most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. It is the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome, which has a population of 4,355,725 residents, thus making it the most populous metropolitan city in Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber. The Vatican City (the smallest country in the world) is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome, the only existing example of a country within a city: for this reason Rome has been often defined as capital of two states.
Rome's history spans 28 centuries. While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at around 753 BC, the site has been inhabited for much longer, making it one of the oldest continuously occupied sites in Europe. The city's early population originated from a mix of Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines. Eventually, the city successively became the capital of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and is regarded by some as the first ever metropolis. It was first called The Eternal City (Latin: Urbs Aeterna; Italian: La Città Eterna) by the Roman poet Tibullus in the 1st century BC, and the expression was also taken up by Ovid, Virgil, and Livy. Rome is also called the "Caput Mundi" (Capital of the World). After the fall of the Western Empire, which marked the beginning of the Middle Ages, Rome slowly fell under the political control of the Papacy, and in the 8th century it became the capital of the Papal States, which lasted until 1870. Beginning with the Renaissance, almost all the popes since Nicholas V (1447–1455) pursued over four hundred years a coherent architectural and urban programme aimed at making the city the artistic and cultural centre of the world. In this way, Rome became first one of the major centres of the Italian Renaissance, and then the birthplace of both the Baroque style and Neoclassicism. Famous artists, painters, sculptors and architects made Rome the centre of their activity, creating masterpieces throughout the city. In 1871, Rome became the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, which, in 1946, became the Italian Republic.
Rome has the status of a global city. In 2016, Rome ranked as the 14th-most-visited city in the world, 3rd most visited in the European Union, and the most popular tourist attraction in Italy. Its historic centre is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The famous Vatican Museums are among the world's most visited museums while the Colosseum was the most popular tourist attraction in world with 7.4 million visitors in 2018. Host city for the 1960 Summer Olympics, Rome is the seat of several specialized agencies of the United Nations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The city also hosts the Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) as well as the headquarters of many international business companies such as Eni, Enel, TIM, Leonardo S.p.A., and national and international banks such as Unicredit and BNL. Its business district, called EUR, is the base of many companies involved in the oil industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and financial services. Rome is also an important fashion and design centre thanks to renowned international brands centered in the city. Rome's Cinecittà Studios have been the set of many Academy Award–winning movies.
St Peter Mancroft is the large church on the corner of Norwich Market Place, close to the county council offices. Much admired by John Wesley the present building dates from 1430 to 1455 with no further structural additions until as recently as 1983.
The roof was lifted up in 1962 to 1964 to allow the walls to be straightened and tied together as the weight of the hammer beams had started to push the walls apart.
Norwich was the second city of England in the Middle Ages and St Peter Mancroft reflects this with as many as 14 bells in its tower. They are still in use.
The name comes from the name Magna Crofta which was the meadow beside the Norman castle in which the market was set up. The church became known as 'St Peter and St Paul in Magna Crofta' but when St Paul was given his own saints day the name was shortened to St Peter and Magna Crofta was corrupted in common usage to Mancroft.
St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica in London Ontario, Canada.
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St. Peter's Basilica, the Vatican.
This vertorama image was created by blending 22 individual 6016 x 4016 raw images, each taken using a 50mm f/1.8 Nikon lens mounted on a D750 Nikon full frame body. The resulting image was post processed in Lightroom 5. The export shown in this post (4000 x 1529 pixels) is a scaled down version of the merged image (15484 x 5920 pixels). The detail contained within the full size merged image is remarkable, however, as the file size is a whopping 64 MBytes, it is not possible to upload to Flickr to share.
This is my first attempt at creating a vertorama image; hopefully not too bad an example for a first attempt.
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St. Peter's Catholic Church dominates the Lower Town of historic Harpers Ferry West Virginia. It was built in 1833 and is on the National Register of Historical Places.
The street along the side of the church building is part of the Appalachian Trail.
TECH NOTES: Taken with my little Canon Powershot SX230 HS Point & Shoot. Initial post processing done in Photoshop 7 ; I used PIXLR, the free, on line editor, to fix the converging lines of the steeple which also stripped out all the EXIF data.
One of the least admired parts of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy is the greatest accomplishment of Carlo Malderno. Still incredible by my lowly standards, the facade stands almost 150ft tall and 375ft wide, and was built completely of travertine marble between 1608 and 1614.
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St Peter's Anglican Church
Located in Torrens Square, this church is known for its stained glass windows and is listed on the Heritage Register. The history of the church includes:
1839: Colonel William Light set aside Torrens Square for a church
1852: The first church was built on the site where the Gospel was first proclaimed in the colony
1881: A new church was founded and opened in 1882
1923: The final window was dedicated
2017: The Great West Window was restored
Shot By My French Friend Jean Marc Gargantiel
About St Peter Church Bandra From their Website
The Old Church: The foundation of the original St Peter’s Church was laid in April 12, 1852, by Bishop Hartmann. The Church was completed in September 1853. It measured approximately 100 by 75 feet. In 1867 a second storey was added to the old top floor.
The storey above the Church was at first used as the priests’ residence and parish school. In 1855, the Jesuit Seminary was transferred from Surat to Bandra, and the seminary and the parish schools were merged. In 1863, the seminary was again transferred to Bombay, and the Boys’ Orphanage from Bombay came to Bandra. This was the beginning of the St Stanislaus’ High School.
The New Church: As far back as August 1887, the then Archbishop of Bombay issued the following appeal: “The poor parish of St. Peter’s Bandora, numbers with the orphans (boys and girls) 2215 souls and has for a church the floor of the boys’ Orphanage. This place is much too small and is ill-suited for divine service. A new and more spacious Church is much needed and will be a great benefit to the poor Parishioners and the Orphans”.
The growing needs of the parish necessitated the building of a larger Church, and so in September, 1938, Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. blessed the foundation stone of the present St Peter’s Church.
The new Church has been built on the site of the old and has been designed on the Romanesque style.
The cost of the new St. Peter’s Church was Rs. 2,70,000/-. The whole Church building measures 130 ft by 80 ft.
In front, as one enters, stands a life-size marble statue of Christ bearing the inscription I am the Resurrection and the Life.
St Peter’s is capacious and can accommodate a thousand people easily. Inside, its excellent stained-glass windows, around twenty in number, look resplendent in the sunshine or when the lights are on.
On the sides are five joyful and five glorious mysteries with two windows depicting the life of St Stanislaus. The spacious choir-loft with its large semi-circular stained-glass window shows Christ entrusting the sheep to St Peter. The marble Baptismal font on the left as you enter also has a stained-glass window depicting the baptism of Jesus by St John the Baptist. It is interesting to note that all the stained-glass windows were designed and made in China by a Jesuit laybrother.
The exquisite main altar is Carrara marble, the façade of which has the Last Supper of Leonardo da Vinci carved in relief. Above the tabernacle is a marble cupola, supported by six Alpine green colonnades with a background in delicately figured-marble. At both ends of the alter, are two life-size angels in marble, each holding aloft a flambeau. On either side of the alter are two small stained-glass windows, depicting angels in adoration.
Above the altar is an imposing and larger-than-life-size statue of the Sacred Heart, flanked by stained-glass windows, showing scenes in the life of St Peter.
Consecration of our Church
Few churches are consecrated and St Peter’s was privileged with this unique honour on November 28, 1964.
The date is especially memorable because it marked the start of the International Eucharistic Congress in Bombay, and also the Silver Jubilee of the new St Peter’s.
Bishop Longinus Pereira Auxiliary Bishop of Bombay, performed the ancient ritual with pomp and pageantry, before a large gathering.
From St Peter’s Rome to St Peter’s Bandra: History was written at the International Eucharistic Congress of 1964 when a Pope stepped out of the Vatican and made a pilgrimage to Bombay. History was also written in the annals of our Church when the man from St Peter’s, Rome, visited St Peter’s, Bandra. December 5, 1964 is a date to remember.
Along the route from the city up to the Basilica of our Lady of the Mount (which he also visited) waving crowds waited tirelessly to cheer the Holy Father. At St Peter’s Bandra, a hushed and crowded flock waited in breathless anticipation to catch a fleeting glimpse of its shepherd. His brief homily, was like manna; his papal blessing a purifying rain and the golden chalice he presented to the church remains a memento of the day, history was written at St Peter’s Bandra.
Heritage Structure: The Urban Development Department of the Government of Maharashtra has listed the Church as a Grade II heritage structure. In 1995 the Church was awarded the prestigious Urban Heritage Award.
I have perhaps the largest collection of images of St Peter Church Bandra on negatives ,slides and digital..I missed nothing Xmas , Easter New Year Holy Communions , Adoration , Lent Weddings Baptism.. I shot all this to hone my skills as a photographer ..I thought Jesus was the best model so I shot his humility and humanity I ended up shooting the Holy Ghost too..
Thanks to Fr Juan my grandchildren Nerjis Asif Shakir 3 Year old and Marziya Shakir 7 have also shot this beautiful Church in all its glory..
Somehow I always felt when God got tired with the wars , trials and tribulations of this world he came and rested at St Peter Church.. exactly the same time I was shooting the Church..
I also thank friends like Clarence Gomes Merck D'Silva who have helped and encouraged me to shoot the Christian and specially the East Indian Ethos Of Bandra