 She is speaking of St. Sebastian on the Loire :— " This wu a spot formerly held in great reverence, and the scene of much monkish mummery on occasion of presenting a gigantic candle to the patron saint, which was placed in a boat instead of a mast,...  A Summer Amongst the Bocages and the Vines - Pagina 341door Louisa Stuart Costello - 1840 - 411 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1887 - 698 pagina’s
...Costello's ' Summer amongst the Bocages and the Vines.' She is speaking of St. Sebastian on the Loire :— " This was a spot formerly held in great reverence,...infinite ceremony to the church of St. Sebastian."— Vol. ip 341. I am much interested in the symbolic and ritual use of candles, and shall therefore be... | |
 | 1887 - 700 pagina’s
...Summer amongst the Bocages and the Vines.' She is speaking of St. Sebastian on the Loire :— " This wu a spot formerly held in great reverence, and the scene...infinite ceremony to the church of St. Sebastian." — Vol. ip 3«. I am much interested in the symbolic and ritual use of candles, and shall therefore... | |
 | 1897 - 1030 pagina’s
...tells of the custom of presenting a very large candle to St. Sebastian at his church on the Loire. It was placed in a boat instead of a mast, and was borne with infinite ceremony to the church. In some parts of Ireland it was usual on Christmas Eve to burn a large candle which no one was permitted... | |
 | 1887 - 754 pagina’s
...Summer amongst the Bocages and the Vines.' She is speaking of St. Sebastian on the Loire :— " This wat a spot formerly held in great reverence, and the scene...patron saint, which was placed in a boat instead of a malt, and was borne with infinite ceremony to the church of St. Sebastian." — Vol. ip 3«. I am much... | |
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