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Saint Catherine of Alexandria with two of the Four Holy Marshals: Saint Quirinus (left) and Saint Hubertus (middle). The small kneeling figure is the donor.
Saint Catherine of Alexandria with two of the Four Holy Marshals: Saint Quirinus (left) and Saint Hubertus (middle). Saint Catherine of Alexandria, also known as Saint Catherine of the Wheel and The Great Martyr Saint Catherine ( Greek) is a Christian The small kneeling figure is the donor.

The Four Holy Marshals (Vier Marschälle Gottes or just Vier Marschälle) were four saints venerated in the Rhineland, especially at Cologne, Liège, Aachen, and Eifel. A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity The Rhineland ( Rheinland in German) is the general name for the land on both sides of the river Rhine in the west of Germany. Liège (ljɛːʒ Older English: Luick, Walloon: Lidje, German: Lüttich; Latin: Leodium, Dutch ( Ripuarian: Oche, Dutch: Aken, Spanish: Aquisgrán, Italian: Aquisgrana, French, The Eifel is a low mountain range in western Germany. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia and northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate [1] They were conceived as standing particularly close to throne of God, and thus powerful intercessors. God is the principal or sole Deity in Religions and other belief systems that worship one deity. [2] Their joint veneration is comparable to that of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, who were also venerated in the Rhineland. The "Fourteen Holy Helpers" are a group of Saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism because their Intercession was thought

They were considered “marshals of God” and were invoked against diseases and epidemics during the Middle Ages. Marshal (also sometimes spelled marshall in American English, but not in British English) is a word used in several official titles of various branches A disease is an abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions and can be deadly In Epidemiology, an epidemic (from Greek epi- upon + demos people is a classification of a disease that appears as new cases in a

Evidence of their cult is testified by documentation dating from 1478; however, the joint cult of these four saints may have existed earlier. [3][4] The cult reached its high point in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and diminished by the seventeenth. [5] There were churches dedicated to them at Hüngersdorf, Schleiden, and in the Mariwald. Schleiden is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies in the Eifel hills in the district of Euskirchen, and has 13957 inhabitants Mariawald Abbey is a Monastery of the religious order of the "Cistercians of the Strict Observance" commonly known as " Trappists " [6]

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The Four Holy Marshals

The four saints are:

Name (Alternate) Feast day Patronage
Quirinus of Neuss (Quirin) cMarch 30, April 30 Against smallpox and goiter
Hubertus(Hubert) nNovember 3 Against rabies and dog bites
Cornelius aSeptember 16 Against cramps and epilepsy
Saint Anthony the Great(Antonius, Antony) mJanuary 17 invoked against the plague

In terms of protection over animals, Anthony was the patron of pigs, Cornelius cattle, Hubertus dogs, and Quirinus horses. Saint Quirinus of Neuss (Quirin Quirinus sometimes called Quirinus of Rome (which is the name shared by another martyr) is venerated as a Martyr and Events 240 BC - 1st recorded Perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. Events 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule Smallpox is an Infectious disease unique to humans caused by either of two virus variants named Variola major and Variola minor. A goitre ( BrE) or goiter ( AmE) ( Latin struma) also called a bronchocele, is a swelling in the neck (just below the Saint Hubertus or Hubert (born c 656 to 658 probably in Toulouse; died May 30, 727 or 728 in Tervuren near Brussels Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Rabies (from rabies “madness rage fury” Also known as “ hydrophobia ” is a viral Zoonotic neuroinvasive disease that Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Saint Anthony the Great (c 251–356 also known as Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Events 38 BC - Octavian marries Livia Drusilla. 1287 - King Alfonso III of Aragon invades Minorca [7] In addition, each saint had its own particular place of special veneration: Anthony was venerated at Cologne, Hubertus at St-Hubert in the Ardennes, Cornelius at Aachen, and Quirinus at Neuss. Saint-Hubert is a Municipality of Belgium. It lies in the country's Walloon Region and Luxembourg Province. For the political subdivision of France see Ardennes (department. ( Ripuarian: Oche, Dutch: Aken, Spanish: Aquisgrán, Italian: Aquisgrana, French, Neuss (ˈnɔʏs is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. [8]

Anthony the Great

Pope Cornelius

Hubertus

Quirinus

See also

References

  1. ^ marschaelle
  2. ^ Vier Marschälle - Kathpedia
  3. ^ Vier Marschälle - Kathpedia
  4. ^ Vier heilige Marschälle - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
  5. ^ marschaelle
  6. ^ Die Kapelle
  7. ^ marschaelle
  8. ^ Vier heilige Marschälle - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon

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The "Fourteen Holy Helpers" are a group of Saints venerated together in Roman Catholicism because their Intercession was thought The military saints (also called soldier saints) of the Early Christian Church enjoyed a vogue parallel to the virgin martyrs.
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