Catholic Collection (page 4)

Saint Joan the Maid by Kay Nielsen. How Joan the Maid of Lorraine saw visions and was called upon to deliver France... Date: 1920

Sir Walter Raleigh laying his cape over a puddle for Queen Elizabeth I at Greenwich. She wears a bonnet, huge lace ruff collar, puff sleeves and hoop dress

Architectural details of St. Marks Basilica Venice, 1823. Section through the church, plan, carved capitals, columns, etc. Spaccato della Chiesa di S. Marco in Venezia. Facade of St

Milanese Carroccio and medieval Italian weapons
Carroccio, medieval four-wheel wagon with insignia and banner of Milan. From a design in Vicende di Milano. Weapons including crossbow, shield and helmet

Children from Father Berrys Home, Liverpool
Boys and girls from Father Berrys Home, Liverpool, stand in rows in a large hall. The Home provided care for Roman Catholic children who were orphans or otherwise without a home. Date: circa 1912

King John re-crowned by Cardinal Pandulf Verraccio
King John (1199-1216) is re-crowned by Cardinal Pandulf Verraccio sent from Pope Innocent III in Rome to solve the crisis with the Church by formally surrendering England to the representative of

Father Serapion martyred in Algeria, North Africa
Father Serapion, an English or Irish Mercedarian friar, offers himself as a hostage in order to free captive Christians in Algeria, North Africa

Nativity Scene

Titus Oates in the pillory
Oates was convicted of sedition and later perjury for denouncing the King and his Catholic brother, the Duke of York. Date: 19th century

Santiago de Compostela, Spain - The Basilica
Santiago de Compostela, Spain - La Basilica (Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela), Puerta del Obradoiro - the reputed burial place of Saint James the Great, the apostle of Jesus Christ

Infant Primary School, England - Schoolgirls in the garden
Infant Primary School, England - Schoolgirls holding hands in a long chain in the garden. Date: circa 1920s

Malta - Mosta Church and Maltese Island Tour Buses
The Church of the Assumption of Our Lady, commonly known as the Rotunda of Mosta or Rotunda of St Marija Assunta (sometimes shortened to as The Mosta Dome) - a Roman Catholic church in Mosta, Malta

Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania - Catholic Church Date: circa 1906

Western Australia - Roman Catholic Cathedral

Italy Vatican Library pre-1900

Italy Rome Vatican pre-1900

Italy Florence Certosa del Galluzzo Monastery pre-1900

St Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Winchester, Hampshire - Lofthouse Crosbie and Co postcard 1930s Date: 1930s

A burial ceremony during WW1
A burial ceremony with Church of England, Roman Catholic and Presbyterian Clergy during WW1 Date: circa 1916

Hemsworth Catholic Festival early 1900s

The Catholic Cathedral - St. Louis, Missouri, USA
The Catholic Cathedral (The Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis) - St. Louis, Missouri, USA Date: circa 1930s

View from cupola of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
View of St. Peter's Square from the cupola of St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Canary Islands - Las Palmas - Panorama
Canary Islands - Partial Panoramic view over the rooftops of Las Palmas. Date: circa 1920s

Royal Oratory, Chateau de Chambord, Loire Valley, France
Royal Oratory, or private chapel of the king, with stone vaulted coffered ceiling, in the Francois I wing of the Chateau de Chambord

Chapel, Castle of Freyr, Wallonia, Belgium
Chapel, by Guillaume de Beaufort-Spontin, 1708-66, in Rococo style, at the Castle of Freyr, in Wallonia, Namur, Ardennes, Belgium. The wood panelling is in Regency style and the altar is Baroque

Collegiale Notre-Dame de Dinant, Dinant, Wallonia, Belgium
Nave, looking towards the choir with stained glass windows, in the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Dinant, or Collegiate Church of Our Lady, a Gothic cathedral built 13th century, in Dinant, Wallonia

Sculpture, Collegiale Notre-Dame de Dinant, Dinant, Wallonia
St Peter as pope, polychrome oak statue (painted later) by an unknown artist, 16th century, from the Eglise Saint-Pierre in Furfooz, in the Collegiale Notre-Dame de Dinant

Convent of the Capuchins, Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium
Convent of the Capuchins or Couvent des Capucins (left), built 17th century, and the river Meuse, in Wallonia, Dinant, Namur, Belgium. Date: 2021

Children's prison, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte
Children's prison (centre) and workshops (right), (the abbey functioned as a prison from 1804 when it was converted by Napoleon), at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Barn, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Barn, with timber frame, formerly a lay brothers building, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard, in Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, Grand Est

Chapel, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Refectory, built 1774, converted in 1813 to a chapel for prisoners (the abbey functioned as a prison from 1804 when it was converted by Napoleon), restored 2013-15, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux

Prison cells, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube
Group cells in the men's prison, (the abbey functioned as a prison from 1804 when it was converted by Napoleon), at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Grand Cloister, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube
Grand Cloister, built 17th century in classical style, surrounded by the lay brothers building, kitchen, monks refectory, boiler room and monks building, later used as the men's prison

Cloister, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Main Gallery of the Cloister, built 18th century and used after 1804 as the men's prison, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey, a Cistercian monastery founded 1115 by St Bernard

Lay dormitory, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube
Lay dormitory, in the lay brothers building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, with cross vaulted ceiling supported by octagonal stone columns, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Initials, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Initials carved in the stone wall of the cellar, on the first floor of the lay brothers building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708, at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Cellar, Clairvaux Abbey, Ville-sous-la-Ferte, Aube, France
Cellar in the Lay brothers building, built 12th century and rebuilt 1708 (centre), and wash-house and bakery (right), at the Abbaye de Clairvaux, or Clairvaux Abbey

Templar Commander's room, Commanderie templiere d'Avalleur
Templar Commander's room, altered in the 17th and 18th centuries, in the commanderie templiere d'Avalleur, or Templar commandery of Avalleur

Reception room, Commanderie templiere d'Avalleur
Reception room and dining room, 13th century (monumental fireplace added in the late Middle Ages), in the commanderie templiere d'Avalleur, or Templar commandery of Avalleur

Fresco, Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Chaource, Aube, France
Christ dressed as a gardener and Mary Magdalene, with an apple tree, representing original sin, and a speech scroll reading Noli me Tangere, wall fresco

Sculptures, Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Chaource, Aube
Nicolas de Monstier and his wife Jacqueline de Laignes, donors of the Entombment sculptural group, 1515, by the Master of Chaource, made for their sepulchral chapel

Entombment sculpture, Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Chaource
Entombment, or Holy Sepulchre, sculptural group, 1515, by the Master of Chaource, made for the sepulchral chapel of Nicolas de Monstier and Jacqueline de Laignes

Rood screen, Collegiale de l'Assomption, Villemaur-sur-Vanne
Resurrection of Christ, detail from the rood screen of 1521, with 26 bas reliefs in Gothic and Renaissance style, in the Collegiale de l'Assomption, or Collegiale de Notre-Dame

Ceiling, Collegiale de l'Assomption, Villemaur-sur-Vanne
Sun on the ceiling of the Collegiale de l'Assomption, or Collegiale de Notre-Dame, the Collegiate Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, aerial view, built 13th century

Crucifixion, Collegiale de l'Assomption, Villemaur-sur-Vanne
Crucifixion sculpture above the rood screen, in the Collegiale de l'Assomption, or Collegiale de Notre-Dame, the Collegiate Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, aerial view, built 13th century

Choir, Collegiale de l'Assomption, Villemaur-sur-Vanne, Aube
Choir, with rood screen of 1521 with 26 bas reliefs in Gothic and Renaissance style, in the Collegiale de l'Assomption, or Collegiale de Notre-Dame

Great Bible of Clairvaux, Mediatheque Jacques-Chirac, Troyes
Great Bible of Clairvaux, an illuminated bible made 12th century at the Abbaye de Clarvaux or Clairvaux Abbey under St Bernard, now in the Mediatheque Jacques-Chirac

Chapel, Commanderie templiere d'Avalleur, Bar-sur-Seine
Chapel and commanderie templiere d'Avalleur, or Templar commandery of Avalleur, aerial view, founded 1167 and used by the Knights Templar until 1312 when the order was dissolved

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