Roman Pilgrimage: The Station Churches
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Roman Pilgrimage: The Station Churches
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Overview
The annual Lenten pilgrimage to dozens of Rome's most striking churches is a sacred tradition dating back almost two millennia, to the earliest days of Christianity. Along this historic spiritual pathway, today's pilgrims confront the mysteries of the Christian faith through a program of biblical and early Christian readings amplified by some of the greatest art and architecture of western civilization.
In Roman Pilgrimage, bestselling theologian and papal biographer George Weigel, art historian Elizabeth Lev, and photographer Stephen Weigel lead readers through this unique religious and aesthetic journey with magnificent photographs and revealing commentaries on the pilgrimage's liturgies, art, and architecture. Through reflections on each day's readings about faith and doubt, heroism and weakness, self-examination and conversion, sin and grace, Rome's familiar sites take on a new resonance. And along that same historical path, typically unexplored treasures-artifacts of ancient history and hidden artistic wonders-appear in their original luster, revealing new dimensions of one of the world's most intriguing and multi-layered cities.
A compelling guide to the Eternal City, the Lenten Season, and the itinerary of conversion that is Christian life throughout the year, Roman Pilgrimage reminds readers that the imitation of Christ through faith, hope, and love is the template of all true discipleship, as the exquisite beauty of the Roman station churches invites reflection on the deepest truths of Christianity.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780465074952 |
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| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Publication date: | 10/29/2013 |
| Sold by: | Hachette Digital, Inc. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 464 |
| File size: | 31 MB |
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About the Author
Elizabeth Lev is an American-born art historian living in Rome. She teaches art history at Duquesne University's Italian campus and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas. She is the author of The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de' Medici.
Stephen Weigel is a professional photographer and the principal of Stephen Weigel Photography.
Table of Contents
The Station Churches of Rome 3
Lent: An Itinerary of Conversion 17
The First Days of Lent
Ash Wednesday: St. Sabina 29
Thursday After Ash Wednesday: St. George 35
Friday After Ash Wednesday: Sts. John and Paul 41
Saturday After Ash Wednesday: St. Augustine 47
The First Week of Lent
The First Sunday in Lent: St. John Lateran 55
Monday of the First Week of Lent: St. Peter in Chains 61
Tuesday of the First Week of Lent: St. Anastasia 67
Wednesday of the First Week of Lent: St. Mary Major 73
Thursday of the First Week of Lent: St. Lawrence in Panisperna 81
Friday of the First Week of Lent: Twelve Holy Apostles 87
Saturday of the First Week of Lent: St. Peter 93
The Second Week of Lent
The Second Sunday in Lent: St. Mary in Domnica 101
Monday of the Second Week of Lent: St. Clement 107
Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent: St. Balbina 113
Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent: S t. Cecilia 121
Thursday of the Second Week of Lent: St. Mary in Trastevere 127
Friday of the Second Week of Lent: St. Vitalis 135
Saturday of the Second Week of Lent: Sts. Marcellinus and Peter 141
The Third Week of Lent
The Third Sunday in Lent: St. Lawrence Outside the Walls 149
Monday of the Third Week of Lent: St. Mark 155
Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent: St. Pudenziana 161
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent: St. Sixtus 167
Thursday of the Third Week of Lent: Sts. Cosmas and Damian 173
Friday of the Third Week of Lent: St. Lawrence in Lucina 179
Saturday of the Third Week of Lent: St. Susanna 185
The Fourth Week of Lent
The Fourth Sunday in Lent: Holy Cross in Jerusalem 193
Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent: Four Holy Crowned Martyrs 199
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent: St. Lawrence in Damaso 205
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent: St. Paul Outside the Walls 211
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent: Sts. Sylvester and Martin 219
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent: St. Eusebius 225
Saturday of the Fourth Week of Lent: St. Nicholas in Prison 231
The Fifth Week of Lent
The Fifth Sunday in Lent: St. Peter 239
Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent: St. Chrysogonus 245
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent: St. Mary in Via Lata 251
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent: St. Marcellus 259
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent: St. Apollinaris 267
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent: St. Stephen on the Caelian Hill 275
Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent: St. John Before the Latin Gate 281
Holy Week
Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion: St. John Lateran 289
Monday of Holy Week: St. Praxedes 299
Tuesday of Holy Week: St. Prisca 307
Wednesday of Holy Week: St. Mary Major 313
Holy Thursday: St. John Lateran 321
Good Friday: Holy Cross in Jerusalem 329
Holy Saturday 337
The Easter Vigil: St. John Lateran 343
Easter Week
Easter Sunday: St. Mary Major 349
Monday Within the Octave of Easter: St. Peter 357
Tuesday Within the Octave of Easter: St. Paul Outside the Walls 363
Wednesday Within the Octave of Easter: St. Lawrence Outside the Walls 369
Thursday Within the Octave of Easter: Twelve Holy Apostles 377
Friday Within the Octave of Easter: St. Mary "at the Martyrs" 383
Saturday Within the Octave of Easter: St. John Lateran 389
The Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday): St. Pancras 397
Acknowledgments 403
Index of Color Illustrations 407
Illustration Credits 409
Maps 411