Tombe de S. Catherine de Sienne Sous l’autel principal, c’est-à-dire l’autel central de la Basilique se trouve le tombeau en marbre où est conservée la dépouille de Sainte Catherine de Sienne, laïque dominicaine et Docteur de l’Eglise. Le tombeau du XV° siècle, restaurée entre 1999 et 2000, représente dans sa partie supérieure, le corps de…
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4. Chapelle Carafa (Saint Thomas d’Aquin)
Chapelle Carafa (Saint Thomas d’Aquin) Le cardinal dominicain Oliviero Carafa (1430 – 1511), qui donne son nom à cette chapelle, vouait une telle admiration et dévotion au grand saint dominicain Thomas d’Aquin (1224 – 1274), qu’il fit construire et décorer en son honneur cette splendide chapelle par le célèbre Filippino Lippi, sur le conseil de…
St Catherine of Siena
Inquisition
Inquisition From the beginning, the Church has sought to expose the heresies of its members, that is to say, the doctrinal errors that it discerns in the words of the faithful. The culprits were often punished by spiritual sanctions. From the twelfth century, in order to put a stop to the arbitrary violence of princes…
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Saint Thomas Aquinas Born in the south of Italy around 1225, Thomas joined the Dominicans twenty years later, despite the opposition of his parents. Since childhood a question occupied him: who is God? As a student in Paris, and then in Cologne, he followed the Dominican Albert the Great’s classes, read Aristotle and Saint Augustine,…
Saint Dominic
Saint Dominic Dominic was born in Castile (Spain), at Caleruega, around 1170. His first name means « one who belongs to the Lord ». His family was fervent. He was a student in Palencia in 1196 when he sold his books to feed the starving. After this episode, he became a canon in the cathedral…
The Sacrament of Baptism
The Sacrament of Baptism The gateway into the Christian life, baptism is a bath of water with an accompanying word. The water signifies that baptism is a new birth ; the word indicates that this new life is given and retained by the Trinity of the Father, the Son and the Spirit. This gesture of…
Life of the nuns
Life of the nuns The nuns of the Order of Preachers originated from a group of Cathar women, leading a common life of prayer and penance at Fanjeaux (France), at the beginning of the thirteenth century. Converted by the preaching of Saint Dominic and returned to the Catholic Church, these women wished to preserve their…
Liturgy of the Hours
Liturgy of the Hours After the reforms of Vatican II this name was given to the Divine Office or the « work of God » (Opus Dei), prayer that accompanies the passage of time throughout the day and night. This prayer is firstly the work of Christ: «taking human nature (he) introduced in our earthly…
O Lumen
O Lumen « Ô Light »: the first words in Latin of an antiphon addressed to Saint Dominic, he who in the night of sinners, is like a light that illuminates the good path for getting to true life, Jesus. In struggling against the errors in doctrine and against the lack of generosity in practice,…