Ankündigung: Papstbesuch in Anglikanerkirche Roms - Radio Vatikan
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Franziskus besucht die anglikanische Pfarrkirche in RomEine weiterer ökumenischer Papstbesuch: Am 26. Februar wird Papst Franziskus die Kirche der Anglikaner in Rom, All Saints Church, besuchen.
Anlass des Besuchs am 26. Februar ist nach Angaben von Pfarrer Jonathan Boardman die Gründung der Pfarre vor 200 Jahren
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Located on the site of a former Augustinian convent, All Saints church was built during the 1880s. During the excavation of the site, two bronze heads, a mask of the emperor Nero and a head of leading Roman noblewoman, Agrippina the Elder, were discovered and later presented to Rome’s Capitoline Museums. The foundation stone was laid on Easter Day in 1882 and the first Eucharist was celebrated five years later on Easter Sunday 1887.The neo-Gothic church is noted for its white travertine spire, its marbled columns and arches, and its fine stained glass windows depicting the lives of the saints and martyrs. One of these windows portrays the English monk St Bede, from whose commentaries Pope Francis chose his own Episcopal motto.
The icon of St Saviour, which will be blessed during the papal visit, has been commissioned and made for the 200th anniversary by British artist Ian Knowles, director of the Bethlehem Icon Centre. It will be officially received by the congregation of All Saints during a Choral Evensong on Thursday February 23rd and placed in the south aisle of the church.
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