Oldest Piece of Catholic Art made in Mexico. SSPX News on Apr 9, 2018 One of the most ancient examples of Christian art from the Americas was created in 1539 by Aztecs for Franciscan missionaries in …More
Oldest Piece of Catholic Art made in Mexico.
SSPX News on Apr 9, 2018 One of the most ancient examples of Christian art from the Americas was created in 1539 by Aztecs for Franciscan missionaries in Mexico. This image depicts a Eucharistic miracle of the sixth century that took place during a pontifical Mass of Saint Gregory the Great. The miracle occurred in response to the those present who doubted that the bread and wine actually became the Body and Blood of Christ. The image utilizes Aztec techniques of featherwork to beautifully depict this Eucharistic miracle and testifies to the very beginnings of the apostolic efforts in Mexico by the Franciscans. This masterpiece is currently on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for one year and has been on display since February 26th, 2018.
SSPX News on Apr 9, 2018 One of the most ancient examples of Christian art from the Americas was created in 1539 by Aztecs for Franciscan missionaries in Mexico. This image depicts a Eucharistic miracle of the sixth century that took place during a pontifical Mass of Saint Gregory the Great. The miracle occurred in response to the those present who doubted that the bread and wine actually became the Body and Blood of Christ. The image utilizes Aztec techniques of featherwork to beautifully depict this Eucharistic miracle and testifies to the very beginnings of the apostolic efforts in Mexico by the Franciscans. This masterpiece is currently on loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for one year and has been on display since February 26th, 2018.
A tableau made of feathers in 1539 by the Aztecs for the Franciscan monks in Mexico City, the most important work of the Musée des Jacobins in Auch, France, has been lent to the United States for one year.
The miracle of the Mass of St. Gregory the Great (540-604). The story is told by the historian Paul Diacre, a Benedictine monk of Monte Cassino, in his Life of Blessed Pope Gregory written …More
The miracle of the Mass of St. Gregory the Great (540-604). The story is told by the historian Paul Diacre, a Benedictine monk of Monte Cassino, in his Life of Blessed Pope Gregory written around the year 775. While the sovereign pontiff was celebrating Mass in the basilica of the Holy Cross of Jerusalem in Rome, Christ appeared above the altar as the Man of Sorrows, surrounded by the instruments of the Passion, with blood streaming from his open side, before the eyes of the assembly, in which some doubted the Real Presence.
This combination of Aztec iconography and the techniques of Indian feather art representing a Catholic subject is a witness to the early days of the evangelization of Mexico by the Franciscans.