On the Novus Ordo calendar this feast has been moved inexplicably to Jan 1 displacing the remembrance of our Lord's circumcision. Jan 1 is of course the 8th day of Christ's life on earth, and thus on the traditional calendar Jan 1 is quite appropriately the remembrance of the circumcision of our Lord in which he shed His Precious Blood for the first time.
All three of the following pictures are prominent on the baroque ceiling of the main chapel of the Kartause. The first one is, I think, St. Bruno, founder of the Carthusian Order. This would only make sense since this was a Carthusian monastery. I don't know exactly what the other two depict. Perhaps some of our friends who have been here before, or who are familiar with western iconography, could enlighten us all.
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The St. Bruno picture on the bottom is a picture of an apparition of the BVM that St. bruno supposedly had; I do not know who the guy in blue is supposed to be, but it might be the Parisian doctor whom tradition says St. Bruno brought back to life by Mary's intercession.
The second picture is of a famous story of St. Bruno and Duke Roger of Calabria. The Catholic Encyclopedia says, "A legend says that St. Bruno whilst at prayer was discovered by the hounds of Roger, Great Count of Sicily and Calabria and uncle of the Duke of Apulia, who was then hunting in the neighbourhood, and who thus learnt to know and venerate him." This is undoubtedly what is portrayed in the middle picture.
Thanks Boniface,
I was hoping you would be able to shed some light on these pictures. The Man in blue in the bottom picture has two keys hanging from his belt. Could he be St. Peter?
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