Anyone who has studied the history of the Eastern Roman Empire will know about it's relationship with Venice. Venice found itself on the edge of that Empire, often benefiting from trade and commerce with it, but at times the relationship was far more fractured and strai…
Constantinople's Icon of the Mother of God Nicopeia in Venice
Anyone who has studied the history of the Eastern Roman Empire will know about it's relationship with Venice. Venice found itself on the edge of that Empire, often benefiting from trade and commerce with it, but at times the relationship was far more fractured and strai…
Ambitious 'Catalogue Vestments' From the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Since the advent of the gothic revival, we've become rather fixated on symbols -- perhaps to a fault at times. I say 'to a fault' because not every vestment requires an explicit symbol (the vestment itself stands in its own right). Still, when done correctly, th…
A New Cathedral: Holy Name Cathedral in Raleigh, North Carolina
The erection of a new cathedral is, all things being equal, a rare event. After all, how often does this sort of event occur within ecclesiastical life, particularly in already established, non-mission territories? It is something we seldom see, but recently the architects …
The Basilica of Santi Quattro Coronati in Rome
Guest Article by Ishmael Obinna Adibuah The early Christian architecture of Rome offers visitors an opportunity to discover a different artistic style from those that dominate much of the city, namely the Renaissance and Baroque. Churches with this architecture are also of a…
The Charming, Rustic Rural Church of Saint Edmé near Chaserey, France
Quite a few of the churches we have featured here on LAJ over the years are great basilicas, cathedrals and monasteries and the like. The reason for that, of course, is that they generally have a fair bit of art to feature within them, and of course, they are typically of g…
The Chapelle Corpus Christi in Paris: Tomb of St. Peter Julian Eymard
One of my most favorite quiet little corners of the city of Paris is the Chapel of Corpus Christi, tucked away near the Arc de Triomphe, one of the most famous city landmarks in Paris. Here one can pray in silence in the presence of the Blessed Sacrament exposed daily for E…
Memento Mori Requiem Vestments from the Cathedral of Segovia, Spain
Segovia Cathedral in Spain is more properly known as the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption and of Saint Fructus, being constructed between the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries in a late gothic style. Within the cathedral are found a great many liturgical orname…
Three Altars of the Holy Souls in Purgatory
With it presently being the observance All Souls and the month of the Holy Souls, what better time to showcase some altars dedicated to the Holy Souls of Purgatory? Just the other day we had explained here that the purpose of memento mori is not macabre; rather it is to bri…
