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Catholic Statue Question?
OK I have a question for you all, I'm in possession of a small statue that I have no idea of the history of, thought one of you out there could clue me in.
The statue http://picasaweb.google.com/nascat/Statue was apparently a commemorative from Jubilee 2000, the bottom is inscribe "Iubilaeum AD 2000", there are three figures, the one on the left is female and is holding a Mug and a Loaf of Bread, we think this is St. Martha, the figure in the center is male, he has the bald tonsure of a Franciscan, we think this is St. Francis, the figure on the right is male has a Cross Breastplate and is holding a large sword, we think this is either St. George or St. Michael the Arch Angel..
What are your thoughts on this, who are the figures, what do the three together represent?
Thank You,
Michael
Through some help from a friend and closer examination of the piece we determine that the first figure is St. Elizabeth of Hungary, she fed the hungry and lepers, the cord around her waist has the three knots and she was a Third Order Franciscan.
The second figure is of course St. Francis, the one on the right turns out to be female, so she must be Joan of Arc, I don't know is she followed the Franciscans but she also has a cord belt with three knots.
I still don't know the significance of the piece, but I'm learning a little at a time, that’s for the help.
Sorry for all the misspellings in the above.
3 Antworten
- Anonymvor 1 JahrzehntBeste Antwort
Good call, from what I can see - but the armed figure would be St George, going by the type of cross on the breastplate - a "St George's Cross".
Having said that: -
But, the hair and the little coronet do suggest it could be (ex-St) Joan of Arc, who was shown with a surcoat with a cross on it.
And there is something on the other woman's head as well, which makes it hard to say it is Martha.
And St Francis is freequently shown with three knots in the cord around his waist (Poverty, Chastity and Obedience - or the Trinity), still worn by Franciscan monks and nuns.
Sorry I can't confirm anything for sure.
(Cute how the souvenir was made in atheistic China, don't you think?)
- vor 1 Jahrzehnt
+PAX,
I think the one on the left is St. Martha if it is a mug or possibly Mary Magdalene if it is an urn. The one in the center is St. Francis and the one on the right is St. George
In His Love,
J.
- vor 1 Jahrzehnt
Personally, I believe the Bible is the infallible Word of God. If you also believe this, you should listen.... One of the Ten Commandments covers this Question specifically. It says you shall not make any carvings of wood of anything in heaven, on earth, or below earth for worship.. You may not worship them, but they still are idols. So if I were you I'd be very careful.
