Antique Catholic

The Moerentorf Bible met extraordinary success and "became the standard Bible for Dutch Roman Catholics" (Darlow & Moule) for almost three centuries, being repeatedly reprinted as th...

The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians (Latin: Ordo Cartusiensis), are a Latin enclosed religious order of the Catholic Church. The order was founded by Bruno of Col...

In 1971 the city was included in the list of Dutch 'Urban and village conservation areas'. In 1923, when Catholics in the Netherlands were not allowed to engage in public expressi...

Our Lady of the Good Event is the English translation of the Spanish language Catholic Marian title Nuestra Señora del Buen Suceso, often mistranslated as Our Lady of Good Success du...

After his retirement, he authored several historical accounts including the Teatro del Belgio, which described the Catholic/Protestant wars in Belgium and Netherlands during the seve...

France, 19th century, luxurious Baroque taste, almost certainly commissioned for and originally part of a Catholic church, this repurposed building element now mounted on a substanti...

Georg Braun (1541-1622) was German Catholic cleric who was born and who died in Cologne, Germany.

Reliquaries fell out of favor when Protestants objected to Catholics’ deep devotion to saints as idols. Today, our pair of silvered wooden reliquaries from 18th century France would ...

Brewer, noted artist of historical architecture and prominent convert to the Catholic Church, and the grandson of John Sherren Brewer, Jr., “the brilliant editor of the Calendar of L...

He also painted floral still lives, and religious subjects of which many were painted for local Roman Catholic churches. One of his murals, 50 feet long, was installed at the altar o...

A most impressive, large scale, museum exhibition quality Baroque period Italian Catholic church cartaglorie altar card frame, now repurposed and fashioned as a stunning mirror.

The mention of the 'holy state of matrimony' (heiliger Ehestand) and the precise duration of XIV years of married life are characteristic of Lutheran Protestant epitaphs. Unlike the ...

Together, they symbolize the Eucharist, a Christian/Catholic rite that is considered a sacrament or ordinance in most churches.

In 2002 he created 15 stained-glass windows for the St. Verena Catholic Church in Stäfa near Zurich, representing biblical scenes and concepts of mercy and law, also documented in t...

Exceptionally executed in Victorian era Neo-Gothic taste, influenced by the highly decorative Catholic churches and Cathedrals, Middle Ages ecclesiastical architecture, centuries old...

Often pinned to the bodice, these ornaments served as both symbols of Catholic faith and treasured heirlooms, handed down through generations.

His family came from the Alsace region and were poor and Catholic. On his mother’s side, the Staubs were from Wihr-au-Val where they had been coopers for several generations.

A most impressive antique Spanish Colonial hand carved polychromed wood Santo Catholic church altar figure. circa 1800 Hand-crafted in the late 18th / early 19th century, exceptiona...

Carlos Cuarteron was a Spanish mariner who later became a priest and established the first Roman Catholic missions in northern Borneo. Born in Cadiz to an Italian father and Spanish ...

A ceroferary is the acolyte in the Catholic church that is the candle bearer during processionals.

Charles was a deeply spiritual man and a lifelong and devout Catholic. In the mid 1850s he decided to enter the priesthood and spent three years as a monk in a Dominican House, at Ne...

Antonius Sanderus (1586-1664) was a Flemish Catholic cleric and historian. He was born "Antoon Sanders", but Latinized his name like many writers and scholars of his time.

The print is from a Dutch Bible known as "Biblia Sacra," which is the Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments, translated into Dutch following the last Roman Catholic decision o...

The Spanish Inquisition, a period of religious persecution and trials overseen by the Catholic Church, extended its influence to various parts of the Spanish empire.

In 1895 he was named Chevalier (Knight) of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Spain. He was named Chevalier (Knight) of the Legion of Honour on 7 May 1895, decorated 24 May, and bre...

In many places in the Spanish territories it was used as a municipal archive, following laws inherited from a pragmatic one of June 9, 1500 with which the Catholic Monarchs forced th...

Georg Braun (1541-1622) was German Catholic cleric who was born and who died in Cologne, Germany.

At the age of 29 he converted to the Catholic faith. It goes without saying that a painter in Antwerp had to be familiar with the themes of the Christian religion, since it was neces...

In spite of the poverty, Pierrefort attended a Catholic school run by nuns, obtaining a scholarship from the School of Fine Arts of Paris.

These dishes are often presented in a series of standardized executions due to a massive production of a proto-industrial type spread especially in the areas of Catholic influence (s...

Principal Horton Hall Bowden Hall Bronson Hall Principal's Residence Gymnasium Parade and Play Grounds Public Schools Episcopal Church Congregational Church Methodist Church Catholic...

They were raised as Catholics. According to Daniels, Dreiser’s childhood was characterized by severe poverty, and his father could be harsh.

In 1881, as a Roman Catholic living in sin with a divorced woman, Tissot would not have been able to partake of the sacraments and perhaps had occasional crises of conscience.

These may be the purported or actual physical remains of saints, such as bones, pieces of clothing, or some object associated with saints or other religious figures. Medieval Roman C...

The scene is likely set in the 16th or 17th century when Protestants were prosecuted, amongst others, for reading the bible in the vernacular, a practice prohibited by the Catholic C...

Fine exhibition quality, almost certainly a custom made one of a kind work, that could have only been commissioned by someone with extraordinary means, such as aristocratic nobility,...

Their work is found in museums and galleries too numerous to mention.The de Hellebranth sisters were devout Catholics, and this is evident in their many portraits of clerics and reli...

With the worship of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Catholic Church intends to honour the Heart of Jesus Christ, one of the organs symbolizing his humanity, which by intimate union wi...

The long main street, rimmed with aristocratic palaces, Catholic churches, and townsfolk's houses, is a thriving pedestrian zone with boutiques, cafés, and restaurants.

The term ‘Grand Tour’ was coined by the Catholic priest and travel writer Richard Lassels (circa 1603-68), who used it in his influential guidebook "The Voyage of Italy," published i...

They probably decorated the space of a church, chapel, convent, or Catholic school. In the results of the interview with glass restorer Daniël Theys, you will learn more about the pa...

The Basilica di San Pietro di Castello is commonly referred to as San Pietro di Castello. It is a Roman Catholic Church located on San Pietro di Castello, a small island off the east...

The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George is a Roman Catholic order of chivalry. It was fictively established by Constantine the Great, though, in reality, it was found...

Medallion or devotional pendant or reliquary made of aventurine or aventurine with an octagonal shape and faceted fronts, enhanced with a series of enamels combining black and gold, ...

After Liverpool's retirement, George IV was forced to accept Catholic emancipation despite opposing it. His only legitimate child, Princess Charlotte, predeceased him in 1817, so he ...

After Liverpool's retirement, George IV was forced to accept Catholic emancipation despite opposing it. His only legitimate child, Princess Charlotte, predeceased him in 1817, so he ...

Gustavo attended this school, where he received Catholic training. This school was when he began to show interest in painting and to make his first paintings.

Hallock (Harper and Brothers, 1932) A Lovely Gate Set Wide: A Book of Catholic Verse for Young Readers--Sister Patrice Margaret (The Bruce Publishing Co., 1946) The Pageant o...

., always related to the Sacrifice of Christ, Salvation, Transubstantiation, Eucharist, etc. for being a key element for Christianity (especially the Catholic) what they will always ...

Joan of Arc identified Catherine as one of the Saints who appeared to her and counselled her. In the Catholic Church she is traditionally revered as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers....

It was the last great dynastic collar order to be constituted as a chivalric fraternity, with a limitation to Roman Catholics, and a direct attachment to the dynasty rather than the ...

In many places, such as La Rioja, it was used as a municipal archives, following laws inheriting a pragmatics of June 9, 1500 with which the Catholic Kings forced the Councils of the...

Following the Counter-Reformation (the self-imposed disciplining of the Catholic Church to ‘counter’ the successes of the Protestant Reformation), portrayals of Christ’s suffering be...

As a Privy Councilor he attempted to steer a moderate course between extreme Protestants, High Church Tories and Roman Catholics, but he was dismissed at the accession of James in 16...

In 1686 he resigned his commission to protest the introduction of Catholic officers into the English army by James II.

In the opposite of the table, there are a pope, a devil, a cardinal and a monk with the aspergillum; these are the allegories of the Catholic Church trying in vain to extinguish the ...

Georg Braun (1541-1622) was German Catholic cleric who was born and who died in Cologne, Germany.