Buffalo Religious Arts Center - Table of contents
2010 Photos-
Sanctuary Mural
- Buffalo Religious Arts Museum
Formerly St. Francis
Xavier RC Church
Buffalo
Religious Arts Center - Official Web Site
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"St. Francis Xavier Preaching in Goa" mural
Prophets and Apostles
See also: Excerpts from the Catholic Encyclopedia: "St. Francis Xavier in Goa, Portuguese India"
The murals that adorn the sanctuary and the side altars were executed in 1913 by the Benedictine Monk Fr. Raphael Pfisterer
The words chancel and sanctuary are often synonyms. Protestant churches tend to use "chancel," whereas Catholic churches tend to use "sanctuary."
"Trinity" Mural
Sanctuary Trinity mural DETAILS BELOW:
Trinity mural: Trinity and 4 rivers in Genesis
Trinity mural Father Holy Spirit (Dove) Jesus, Son of God
Trinity mural 4 rivers in Genesis
"St. Francis Xavier Preaching in Goa" mural
Middle mural: St. Francis Xavier Preaching in Goa DETAILS BELOW:
Middle mural: St. Francis Xavier Preaching in Goa Left: Spain Right: India
St. Francis Xavier Preaching in Goa Detail - Spain
Shield: In hoc signo vinces is a Latin phrase meaning "With this as your standard you shall have victory." According to legend, Constantine I adopted this as a motto after his vision of a chi rho (PX) on the sky just before the Battle of Milvian Bridge in the year 312
Afonso de Albuquerque (1453-1515) was the second governor of Portuguese India who conquered and established the Portuguese colonial empire in the Indian ocean... Shortly before his death he was awarded viceroy and "Duke of Goa" by the Portuguese king. - Wikipedia: Afonso de Albuquerque
St. Francis Xavier Preaching in Goa Detail - Spain
St. Francis Xavier
St. Francis Xavier Preaching in Goa Detail - Portuguese India
St. Francis Xavier Preaching in Goa Detail - Portuguese India
- PX
- Alpha and Omega
- Triquetra
- Triangle (Trinity) with Latin cross
- Anchor
- Prophet Ezechiel (Ezechiel 1; Ezechiel 2
- Prophet Isaias
- Prophet Nahum
Left: St. James the Lesser, Apostle - Attribute: club Right: St Andrew the Apostle - Attributes: saltire cross
Left: St. Simon the Zealot - Attribute: saw Right: St. Bartholomew - Attribute: flaying knife
Left: St. Peter the Apostle - Attribute: keys Right: St. Matthias - Attribute: spear
Left: St. James the Greater - Attribute: Pilgrim's staff Right:- St. Paul - Attributes: long, pointed beard; sword; closed book (bible)
Left: St. Philip- Attribute: Tau Cross (not a Tau Cross) in the depiction Right: St. Thomas - Attribute: square rule
Left: St. Matthew the Apostle: - Attribute: purse (money) Right: St. John the Apostle - Attribute: serpent in chalice
Prophets: Daniel Jeremiah Malachi
