‘Parallel lives ’– St.Martin and St.Gerard in the Hungarian Angevin Legendary

We have more than a thousand manuscripts of the great hagiographical collection, the Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de Voragine from the 13th century, but there is only one codex which not only illustrated the text but translated it into a language of images. It is related to the Hungarian Anjous, that is why the codex is titled 'Hungarian Angevin Legendary'. The pages of the codex are spread over different collections of the world. Nowadays 58 legends are known on 142 pages, altogether 549 images. Some more important legends, as that of the apostles or the Anjous' favourite saint, King Ladislas, occupy 20-24 images. The paper tries to demonstrate two examples. St. Martin and St. Gerard, of how these cycles were organised. Two pictures of the supposed eight are emphasising the role of Martin as a bishop. Five images show the miracles of the saint and only one is consecrated to the charity of St. Martin, to the event which is his most popular story. Martin is the symbolic saint who gives half his goods to the poor. This scene is the most frequently represented in medieval art. In the Hungarian Angevin Legendary his miraculous activity is much more emphasized which is correlated with the written legend. The legend of St. Gerard is preserved completely in the Legendary. The first picture represents the saint discussing with King St. Stephen. On the second image the saint is represented as a hermit at Bakonybél with a book in his hand. The third one depicts the consecration of St. Gerard to the bishop of Csanád, on the next picture he is preaching to the people. The following pictures show his martyrdom and burial. It can be supposed that the painter(s) of the Hungarian Angevin Legendary could not use any iconographical tradition working on the cycle of St. Gerard

"Párhuzamos életrajzok" : a Magyar Anjou Legendárium Márton- és Gellért-ciklusa

We have more than a thousand manuscripts of the great hagiographical collection, the Legenda Aurea of Jacobus de Voragine from the 13th century, but there is only one codex which not only illustrated the text but translated it into a language of images. It is related to the Hungarian Anjous, that is why the codex is titled 'Hungarian Angevin Legendary'. The pages of the codex are spread over different collections of the world. Nowadays 58 legends are known on 142 pages, altogether 549 images. Some more important legends, as that of the apostles or the Anjous' favourite saint, King Ladislas, occupy 20-24 images. The paper try to demonstrate in two exam ples, St. M artin and St. Gerard, how these cycles were orgenised. Two pictures of the supposed eight are emphasising the role of Martin as a bishop. Five images show the miracles of the saint and only one is dedicated to the charity of St. Martin, to the event wich is his most popular story. Martin is the symbolic saint who gives half his goods to the poor. This scene is the most frequently represented in medieval art. In the Hungarian Angevin Legendary his miraculous actitvity is much more emphasized which is correlated with the written legend. The legend of St. Gerard is preserved completely in the Legendary. The first picture represents the saint discussing with King St. Stephen. On the second image the saint is represented as a hermit in Bakonybél with a book in his hand. The third one depicts the consecration of St. Gerard to the bishop of Csanád, on the next picture he is preaching to the people. The following pictures show his martyrdom and burial. It can be supposed that the painter(s) of the Hungarian Angevin Legendary could not use any iconographical tradition working on the cycle of St. Gerard

Memories and fama sanctitatis in the hagiographies and the canonization process of Gerard Majella

Our article focuses on the fame of sanctity of St. Gerard Majella (1726-1755), a lay brother of the Congregation of the most Holy Redeemer who lived in the South of Italy, and the elaboration of his memory. Through a historical and anthropological approach, we take into consideration different kinds of sources: the bio-hagiographical texts; the hagiographies; furthermore, and above all, the witnesses’ depositions in the canonization process. Firstly, we present the Saint and his canonization process. Then, we examine the question of the witnesses and their written or oral “sources”, from which emerges the highly “mediated” nature of the whole process, considering that they had not known Gerard on a personal basis. Our second part is aimed at studying the “elaboration of memory” through the analysis of an episode of the Saint’s youth, mentioned in the hagiographies and in the canonization process as well

Catholic Church Closings

The Catholic Diocese of Buffalo was established on April 23, 1847. It serves the following counties in New York State: Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans, Chautauqua, Wyoming, Cattaraugus and Allegany. The Diocese covers 6,455 square miles and has a Catholic population of 702,884. In June 2005, Bishop Edward U. Kmiec, the bishop of Buffalo, initiated a “parish-based strategic plan and spiritual revitalization initiative” called “Journey in Faith and Grace.” Through this initiative, the Diocese of Buffalo “restructured” churches in the Vicariates of Southeast Buffalo, Northern Erie, and Eastern Erie. The restructuring called for 77 worship sites to be phased out, while 198 worship sites will remain in use

Szűz Mária ábrázolása az Érdy-kódexben

In 1526 the cult of Virgin Mary got a special place in the Érdy-Codex. Apart from the legends of Mary we can find her descriptions in the legends of St. Anne, St. Stephen - our first king -, and bishop St. Gerard. She is always presented in the legends of other saints as a helper, advicer, miraculous comforter and listener of the prayers. The author shows us the descriptions of Virgin Mary in the legends and she analysis their texts

Academic College Readiness Indicators of Seniors Enrolled in University-Model Schools® and Traditional, Comprehensive Christian Schools

This correlational study examined the relationship between type of high school a senior attends (University-Model School® [UMS®] or traditional, comprehensive Christian) and academic college readiness, when controlling for prior academic achievement and gender. The study compared archival data of Christian school students from six Texas schools. The Stanford-10 controlled for prior academic achievement. SAT and ACT scores measured academic college readiness. Results of three sequential multiple regressions, controlling for confounding, found school type to be a statistically significant predictor for the SAT Composite score, but not for the SAT Writing score or the ACT Composite score. Although the UMS® seniors averaged higher scores than traditional, comprehensive Christian school seniors on all three exams, only the SAT Composite score was found to be statistically significant. The standardized regression coefficient of the three scores did not find practical significance for the relationship between school type and academic college readiness

The Impact Of Structured Treatment Preparation On Depression, Anxiety, And Stress Symptoms Of Hiv + Patients Initiating Art

Nigeria has one of the largest global HIV burdens of disease. Structured Treatment Preparation (STP) is required of all newly diagnosed HIV+ individuals initiating Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) at AIDSReleif Local Partner Treatment Facilities (LPTFs), yet no information exists on whether STP has any effect on a patient\u27s mental health. We believe that STP may be related to improvement in depression, anxiety, and stress scores of these individuals. A depression, anxiety, and stress measurement tool, (DASS) 21, was administered to patients from 6 randomly selected AIDSRelief LPTFs before and after the mandated 3-week STP preceding ART. Paired t-tests were used to compare pre- and post-intervention depression, anxiety, and stress scores of all participants. An analysis of variance was conducted to evaluate differences in score changes between LPTFs, and simple linear regressions were used to measure the correlations between age and (DASS) 21 score change and HIV knowledge and (DASS) 21 score change. We observed significant (DASS) 21 score changes for depression (p \u3c 0.001), anxiety (p \u3c 0.001), and stress (p \u3c 0.001). Results remained significant when stratifying for gender. LPTFs DOC Kubwa [95% CIs: (3.42, 16.41), (2.50, 15.17), (2.22, 15.75)] and St. Gerard\u27s Hospital [95% CIs: (3.28, 14.51), (2.59, 13.54), (3.81, 15.49)] demonstrated significantly greater degrees of change in depression, anxiety, and stress compared to St. Francis Jambutu. This study demonstrates that STP is associated with statistically significant changes in depression, anxiety, and stress scores of HIV + individuals initiating ART in Northern Nigeria

A Study of the Development of Services, Facilities, and Professional Standards of Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc., 1962 - 1967

The purpose of this paper is to study the development of the social welfare program of Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc., from 1962 to 1967 and to determine if development ha resulted in improved services, facilities, and professional standards. The material for this study was gathered by personally interviewing the top executive at each agency. Also, except in East Tennessee, the locations were visited, employees talked with, and facilities observed. In addition, the central files of the Executive Office of Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc., the files of the area offices, and the central files of the diocesan chancery office were utilized in the study. The study determines that a positive development has occurred in the services, facilities, and professional standards of the social welfare program of Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc., from 1962 to 1967. The development has overcome the major problems faced by the organization in 1962. The study indicates that the priests\u27 potential and the agency potential is held latent by a centralization of authority in the Executive Office. The study concludes with the recognization that the present state of growth permits greater emphasis to be placed upon the development of the priests\u27 and agencies\u27 potential

“Growing Up Green: A Study Focusing on Environmental Attitudes, Knowledge and Focusing on Environmental Attitudes, Knowledge and Behaviors of Elementary Children.”

“Growing Up Green,” is a research based environmental education program that teaches children about recycling, energy conservation, and composting. This program was taught to fourth grade students at H.B. Williams Elementary School, in White House, Tennessee. The children were given a pre-test before the program and a post-test two weeks after the program. The pre and post-test was composed of three parts. The three parts tested their environmental attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors. The study found that most of the children already had positive attitudes toward the environment. While, their attitudes decreased minimally after the program, they still remained very positive. The children did well on the knowledge test. Their environmental knowledge increased after the “Growing Up Green,” program. While the program did not appear to have a substantive impact on their environmental behavior adoption, the children already participated in some behaviors like recycling and conserving energy before the program, and continued these behaviors after the program, too