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The Dominican Church ( German : Dominikanerkirche ), also known as the Church of St. Maria Rotunda , is an early Baroque parish church and minor basilica in the historic center of Vienna , Austria. It is the third church built on the same site in the course of time.

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31-504: Dominican Church is the name of a number of churches belonging to the Dominicans. Notable examples include: Dominican Church, Vienna , Austria Dominican Church, Krems an der Donau , Austria Dominican Church of the Holy Spirit , Vilnius, Lithuania Dominican Church, Lviv , Ukraine Chiesa dei Domenicani , Bolzano, Italy Church of

62-400: A dormer window, crowned by a pediment . The church consists of a long central nave , flanked by three side chapels on each side, a transept , a choir and an apse . The nave is approximately 25 m long, 14 m wide, and 22.10 m high. The large dome reaches a height of 23.80 m. Above each side chapel is gallery with a shallow balcony. The ornate interior is imposing by its architecture and

93-472: A heavy crown made of silver, with small spikes on the inside, in emulation of the Crown of Thorns worn by Christ . For eleven years she lived this way, with intervals of ecstasy, and eventually died on 24 August 1617, at the young age of 31, after a long illness. It is said that she prophesied the date of her death. Her funeral was held in the cathedral, attended by all the public authorities of Lima. Her feast day

124-571: A leper, and that, at the time of her death, the city of Lima smelled like roses; roses also started falling from the sky. Many places in the New World are named Santa Rosa after her. Her liturgical feast was inserted into the General Roman Calendar in 1729 for celebration initially on 30 August, because 24 August, the date of her death, is the feast of Saint Bartholomew the Apostle and 30 August

155-560: A local artist. The apse is dominated by the imposing red-marbled wooden retable in Baroque style from 1839-1840 by Carl Roesner , replacing the dilapidated old altarpiece. It surrounds the large canvas (720 cm x 430 cm) by Leopold Kupelwieser (1840), flanked by red Corinthian columns. It depicts the establishment by Pope Pius V of the Feast of the Rosary . The tabernacle dates from 1885 and

186-606: A patron saint on whose feast day the grande fete is celebrated. For the Roses it is the feast of St. Rose of Lima on 30 August; and for the Marguerites it is that of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, 17 October. Rose's skull, surmounted with a crown of roses, is on public display at the Basilica in Lima, Peru, along with that of Martin de Porres. It was customary to keep the torso in the basilica and pass

217-716: Is a park named for her in downtown Sacramento, California . A plot of land at 7th and K streets was given to the Catholic Church by Peter Burnett , first Governor of the State of California . Father Peter Anderson built one of the first of two churches in the diocese to be consecrated under the patronage of St. Rose. In the Caribbean twin-island state of Trinidad and Tobago , the Santa Rosa Carib Community , located in Arima ,

248-427: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Church building disambiguation pages Dominican Church, Vienna The first church on this site was built in 1237 by the newly arrived Dominicans on a parcel of land allotted in 1225-1226 by the duke Leopold VI . The church was enlarged between 1240–1270 and a new choir was added in 1273. A series of fires caused

279-506: Is made of gilded brass. The gilded pulpit dates from 1700 and was made by Matthias Steinl . It was modeled on an engraving by Jean le Pautre (1618–1682), that now can be seen at the Martin von Wagner Museum in Würzburg , Germany. The antependium shows a blue globe surrounded by a rosary and below, in the medaillon, the motto "toto diffunditur orbe" (spread all over the world). On the canopy of

310-627: Is on the 23rd day of August (the 30th day of August in the Traditional calendar). Rose was beatified by Pope Clement IX on 10 May 1667, and canonized on 12 April 1671, by Pope Clement X , and was the first Catholic in the Americas to be declared a saint. Her shrine, alongside those of her friends Martin de Porres and John Macias , is currently located inside of the convent of Saint Dominic in Lima. The Catholic Church says that many miracles followed her death: there were stories that she had cured

341-709: Is the largest organization of indigenous peoples on the island. The second oldest parish in the Diocese of Port of Spain is also named after this saint. The Santa Rosa Church, which is located in the town of Arima, was established on 20 April 1786, as the Indian Mission of Santa Rosa de Arima, on the foundations of a Capuchin Mission previously established in 1749. On the Caribbean Island of Saint Lucia there are two flower festivals supported by their Societies. Each society has

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372-604: The Archbishop of Lima , Toribio de Mogrovejo , who was also to be declared a saint. She formally took the name of Rose (Rosa in Spanish) at that time. As a young girl, in emulation of the noted Dominican tertiary Catherine of Siena , she began to fast three times a week and performed severe penances in secret. When she was admired for her beauty, Rose cut off her hair and rubbed peppers on her face, upset that men were beginning to take notice of her. She rejected all suitors against

403-576: The Counter-Reformation didn’t allow any more such a sorry state for a church. In 1631 the Dominicans started to build a new oblong church with a dome, following the plan of Jacopo Tencala , architect of Prince Maximilian of Liechtenstein. The master builders were Jacopo Spacio, Cipriano Biasino and Antonio Canevale . They introduced to Vienna the Baroque style of Italy. The first stone was laid by emperor Ferdinand II on 29 May 1631. The structural work

434-712: The Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Košice , Slovakia, commonly known as the Dominican Church. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Dominican Church . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dominican_Church&oldid=749753423 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

465-457: The Vienna organ builders of that time. The gilded concave-convex balustrade of the rood loft is a typical example of the transition between Baroque and Rococo . The organ with 34 registers dates from 1895–1896 and was renovated in 1991. The painting under the rood loft is by an anonymous master from 1642 and depicts the glorification of the rosary and the mediation via Saint Dominic. Hans Haselböck

496-532: The attention of the friars of the Dominican Order . She wanted to become a nun , but her father forbade it, so she instead entered the Third Order of St. Dominic while living in her parents' home. In her twentieth year, she donned the habit of a tertiary and took a vow of perpetual virginity. She only allowed herself to sleep two hours a night at most so that she had more hours to devote to prayer. She donned

527-617: The city through her own private efforts. Rose of Lima was born to a noble family and is the patron saint of embroidery, gardening and cultivation of blooming flowers. She was the first person born in the Americas to be canonized as a saint. As a saint, Rose of Lima has been designated as a co-patroness of the Philippines along with Pudentiana ; both saints were moved to second-class patronage in September 1942 by Pope Pius XII , but Rose remains

558-496: The construction of a new Gothic church between 1283 and 1302. The nave was extended between 1458 and 1474. This church consisted of a nave with five cross vaults, and two aisles . This church was heavily damaged during the first siege of Vienna by the Turkish army in 1529. The choir was demolished and the nave was partly taken down. The building became more and more dilapidated during the next period. The new-found self-awareness of

589-413: The exquisite stucco in the decorations. Semi-circular windows allow a soft light on the frescoes of the barrel-vaulted ceiling. The ceiling frescoes are the work of Matthias Rauchmiller (1675), showing in their color and composition the influence of Peter Paul Rubens . They depict in 46 scenes the life of Our Lady. The influential painter Carpoforo Tencalla decorated at the same time the apse around

620-527: The facade of the Dominican church Santa Maria Novella in Florence . Above the portal one can see the statues of St. Catherine of Siena and Agnes of Montepulciano , kneeling at the feet of Our Lady, patron saint of this church. On both sides of the portal there are niches with (on the left) the statue of Ludwig Bertrand and (on the right) Saint Rose of Lima . On top of the facade is a large rectangular gable with

651-555: The golden light of the Trinity, surrounded by kneeling Angels. The medallions in the four supporting columns are by an unknown artist, depicting three popes from the Dominican Order ( Innocent V , Benedict XI and Pius V ) and St. Antony of Florence. The large statues in these columns show us the four original Doctors of the Church (Jerome, Gregory the Great, Augustine and Ambrose), all sculpted by

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682-957: The head around the country. She is also commemorated on 24 August in some places. Saint Rose is the patroness of the Americas, the indigenous people of the Americas , and of Peru , especially the city of Lima , Sittard in the Netherlands , of the Indies , and of the Philippines . On the last weekend in August, the Fiesta de Santa Rosa is celebrated in Dixon, New Mexico , and the Sint Rosa Festival in Sittard , Limburg , Netherlands . Also, in Sibbe , Limburg , Netherlands

713-545: The main altar with two historic paintings of Christian victories, ascribed to power of the Rosary ;: the Battle of Muret (1213) and the Battle of Lepanto (1571). Tencala also added some paintings on the walls of the side chapels. The fresco in the dome replaced an earlier work by Nikolaus van Hoy (1674) when the new dome was built in 1820. The fresco dates from 1836 and is by Franz Geyling . It shows Our Lady and Child under

744-556: The objections of her friends and her family. Despite the censure of her parents, she spent many hours contemplating the Blessed Sacrament , which she received daily, an extremely rare practice in that period. She was determined to take a vow of virginity , which was opposed by her parents who wished her to marry. Finally, out of frustration, her father gave her a room to herself in the family home. As an addition to fasting, she took permanent abstinence from eating meat. She helped

775-732: The primary patroness of Peru and of the local people of Latin America . Her image is featured on the highest denomination banknote of Peru . She was born as Isabel Flores de Oliva in the city of Lima , then in the Viceroyalty of Peru , Spanish Empire , on 20 April 1586. She was one of eleven children of Gaspar Flores  [ es ] , a harquebusier in the Imperial Spanish army whose family were from Baños de Montemayor , Cáceres , Spain and later travelled to Puerto Rico . His wife and Rose's mother, María de Oliva y Herrera (b. 1560),

806-464: The pulpit the Holy Spirit , represented in the form of a dove, is surrounded by a halo of light and angels in elegant poses. Each of the six chapels is dedicated to a saint, portrayed in the painting above the altar. The altars are the rather unpretentious work of workshops. The figures are of diverse quality. The main body of the organ was made in two parts at about 1750 according to the traditions of

837-416: The sick and hungry around her community, bringing them to her room and taking care of them. Rose sold her fine needlework and took flowers that she grew to market, to help her family. She made and sold lace and embroidery to care for the poor, and she prayed and did penance in a little grotto that she had built. Otherwise, she became a recluse , leaving her room only for her visits to church. She attracted

868-416: Was a criolla native of Lima. Her maternal grandparents were Francisco de Oliva and Isabel de Herrera. Rose’s siblings (in birth order) were Gaspar, Bernardina, Hernando, Francisco, Juana, Antonio, Andrés, Francisco and Jacinta, all born in Lima. Her later nickname "Rose" comes from an incident in her infancy: a servant claimed to have seen her face transform into a rose. In 1597 Isabel was confirmed by

899-534: Was finished in 1634. The church was consecrated on 1 October 1634. The finishing touch was finally given in 1674. The church was elevated to the status of basilica minor in 1927 under the name “Rosary Basilica ad S. Mariam Rotundam”. The impressive facade was built in the Roman-Lombardic style with dominant columns, supporting the cornice. Its architecture goes back to early Baroque churches in Rome, that in turn, rely on

930-451: Was organist at the church from 1949 to 2014. Saint Rose of Lima Rose of Lima , TOSD (born Isabel Flores de Oliva ; 20 April 1586 – 24 August 1617) ( Latin : Rosa Limana , Spanish : Rosa de Lima ) was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima , Peru , Spanish Empire, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stricken of

961-794: Was the closest date not already allocated to a well-known saint. Pope Paul VI 's 1969 revision of the calendar made 23 August available, the day on which her feast day is now celebrated throughout the world, including Spain , but excluding Peru and some other Latin American countries, where 30 August is a public holiday in her honor. Early lives of Rosa were written by the Dominican Father Hansen, "Vita Sanctae Rosae" (2 vols., Rome, 1664–1668), and Vicente Orsini, afterward. Pope Benedict XIII wrote "Concentus Dominicano, Bononiensis ecclesia, in album Sanctorum Ludovici Bertrandi et Rosae de Sancta Maria, ordinero praedicatorum" (Venice, 1674). There

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