Beautiful old church - Chichester Cathedral in all its Glory - 11.12.2013 The South Transept Window The early window from 14 century conteins glass from Lorraine 1877. Paintings by Lambert Barnard are from early 16 century. Steindir gluggar í Dómkirkjunni í Chichester. Öðru megin eru myndir úr Gamla Testamenntinu og hinu megin eru myndir úr Nýja Testamenntinu. Gerður Helgadóttir hefur búið til einstaklega fallega steinda glugga í Íslenskar kirkjur. Steindir gluggar eru til mikillar prýði hvar sem þeir eru. Sumir slíkir gluggar eru hreinustu listaverk. Sjá meira: http://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ger%C3%B0ur_Helgad%C3%B3ttir The history of Chichester Cathedral begins in 681 when Saint Wilfrid brought Christianity to Sussex and established a Cathedral in Selsey, a small community south of Chichester. After 1066 the Norman policy was that cathedrals should be moved from small communities to larger centres of population. In 1075 the Council of London established the See of Chichester and in 1076 the building of the present cathedral in Chichester was begun under Bishop Stigand. It was completed under Bishop Luffa in time for its dedication to the Holy Trinity in 1108. Richard was born, 1197, in the little town of Wyche, eight miles from Worcester, England. He and his elder brother were left orphans when young, and Richard gave up the studies which he loved, to farm his brother's impoverished estate. His brother, in gratitude for Richard's successful care, proposed to make over to him all his lands; but he refused both the estate and the offer of a brilliant marriage, to study for the priesthood at Oxford. In 1235 he was appointed, for his learning and piety, chancellor of that University, and afterwards, by St. Edmund of Canterbury, chancellor of his diocese. He stood by that Saint in his long contest with the king, and accompanied him into exile. After St. Edmund's death Richard returned to England to toil as a simple curate, but was soon elected Bishop of Chichester in preference to the worthless nominee of Henry III. The king in revenge refused to recognize the election, and seized the revenues of the see. Thus Richard found himself fighting the same battle in which St. Edmund had died. He went to Lyons, was there consecrated by Innocent IV. in 1245, and returning to England, in spite of his poverty and the king's hostility, exercised fully his episcopal rights, and thoroughly reformed his see. After two years his revenues were restored. Young and old loved St. Richard. He gave all he had, and worked miracles, to feed the poor and heal the sick; but when the rights or purity of the Church were concerned he was inexorable. A priest of noble blood polluted his office by sin; Richard deprived him of his benefice, and refused the king's petition in his favor. On the other hand, when a knight violently put a priest in prison, Richard compelled the knight to walk round the priest's church with the same log of wood on his neck to which he had chained the priest; and when the burgesses of Lewes tore a criminal from the church and hanged him, Richard made them dig up the body from its unconsecrated grave, and bear it back to the sanctuary they had violated. Richard died in 1253, while preaching, at the Pope's command, a crusade against the Saracens. White "Prayer of St. Richard of Chichester". Antonio Rivera, Baritone with Mark Husey, Tenor and Organ L. J. White. See more :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_kYVH_NSSo Hugtakið helgur maður eða heilagur maður hefur víðari merkingu en dýrlingur. Oft er talað um helga menn ef þeir hafa notið sérstakrar virðingar eða haft sérstakt trúarlegt áhrifavald, en dýrlingar eru aðeins þeir sem hafa fengið staðfestingu kirkjunnar á heilagleika sínum, eða fengið orð fyrir kraftaverk.

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