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The National Gallery in London is displaying Caravaggio's last painting, The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula (until 21 July 2024), an extraordinary work depicting the violence and intense naturalism of the scene, and the painter's revolutionary use of dramatic lighting. The curator Francesca Whitlum-Cooper says Caravaggio changed the art world in the 17th century. But the painter was as famous for his personal life as his art: he left murder and mayhem in his wake as he attempted to evade the law.For most of its existence The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula languished in private collections and was sold for just £3,500 in the 1970s, with few believing it was by Caravaggio. Now it's been identified as an original it's worth millions. The fortunes to be made and lost in the art market, the risks, the greed and the deals are the subject of Orlando Whitfield's book All That Glitters. He details his friendship with the contemporary art dealer Inigo Philbrick, a young man whose spectacular rise is matched only by his dramatic fall, convicted and imprisoned for fraud owing $86.7 million.The art market is often shrouded in secrecy and is one of the very few unregulated markets left in the global economy. Angelina Giovani-Agha is an art historian who has specialised in provenance research. She understands that each painting has a story to tell and a unique record of acquisition. Her work involves investigating ownership history and highlighting any murky inconsistencies, as well as specialising in looted artworks.Producer: Katy Hickman
We detail the US aid package approved by Congress last night, join celebrated novelist Monica Ali as she reveals the Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist and discuss why shares in Gucci's parent company, Kering, have plunged. Plus: we talk about Caravaggio's last painting, “The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula”. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week: after 80 years in business, Marlborough Gallery, one of the most historic commercial galleries in London, New York and beyond, has announced that it is closing. Host Ben Luke talks to Anny Shaw, a contributing editor at The Art Newspaper, about what happened and what, if anything, it tells us about the market. The New Mexico-based sculptor Rose B. Simpson revealed newly commissioned public art works in Madison Square Park and Inwood Hill Park in New York on Wednesday, called Seed. The Art Newspaper's editor, Americas, Ben Sutton went to meet her. And this episode's Work of the Week is the final painting ever made by Caravaggio: The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, made in 1610. The painting is travelling to London for an exhibition opening at the National Gallery next week, called The Last Caravaggio. Francesca Whitlum-Cooper, the gallery's acting curator of later Italian, Spanish and 17th-century French Paintings and the curator of the exhibition, tells us more.marlborougharchive.com.Rose B. Simpson: Seed, Madison Square Park and Inwood Hill Park, New York, until 22 September. The Whitney Biennial: Even Better than the Real Thing, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, until 11 August. Rose B. Simpson: Strata, Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio, US, 14 July-13 April 2025; Rose B. Simpson: LEXICON, De Young, San Francisco, US, 16 November-29 June 2025.The Last Caravaggio, National Gallery, London, 18 April-21 JulySubscription offer: subscribe to The Art Newspaper for as little as 50p per week for digital and £1 per week for print (or the equivalent in your currency). Visit theartnewspaper.com to find out more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - A sacristan was killed and a priest wounded during a suspected terrorist attack Wednesday on two Catholic churches in Spain. According to police sources, the sacristan of the Church of Our Lady of La Palma was murdered and the pastor of St. Isidore Church was wounded. Both churches are in the city of Algeciras near the far southern end of the Iberian peninsula across the strait of Gibraltar from Morocco. The National Court has initiated the investigation as an alleged jihadist terror attack. In wake of the attacks, the mayor of Algeciras, José Ignacio Landaluce, decreed a day of official mourning, with flags at half staff on municipal buildings, and announced that a rally will be held in front of the city's largest church. Various Spanish bishops condemned the attack and offered their condolences to the victims and their families. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253471/sacristan-killed-priest-wounded-in-terrorist-attacks-in-spain-bishops-condemn-violence The Catholic bishops of Minnesota urged lawmakers to vote down a bill that would codify the right to abortion, proposing instead a slate of pro-family measures that they say will reduce demand for abortions. Minnesota's HF 1, which has a companion bill in the state Senate, passed the House Jan. 19 by a narrow 69-65 vote. Abortion already is available in Minnesota throughout pregnancy for most reasons. The present bill — known as the Protect Reproductive Options Act — would codify into law a constitutional right to “reproductive freedom,” ensuring the right to abortion in Minnesota up to birth for any reason. Separate bills under consideration in Minnesota would remove parental notification requirements for minors procuring abortions as well as remove state protections for babies born alive after an abortion. The midwestern state's Catholic bishops lamented the haste with which the bills were being advanced and implored lawmakers to “pause” and consider the broader implications. “When contemplating policy on any issue, we must consider all those who will be affected. In this case, that includes the mother, father, and most especially, the unborn child whose life is being taken,” Minnesota's bishops said in a January 26 statement. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253469/minnesota-bishops-decry-bill-that-would-make-abortion-a-right Today, the Church celebrates Saint Angela Merici, foundress of the Ursuline Sisters. She gathered around her a group of women who looked toward Angela as an inspirational leader and as a model of apostolic charity. In 1535, the Institute of Saint Ursula was formally recognized by the Pope and Angela was accorded the title of foundress. Angela Merici died on January 27, 1540, and was canonized in 1807. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-angela-merici-129
January 27: Saint Angela Merici, Virgin1474–1540Optional Memorial; Liturgical Color: WhitePatron Saint of disabled and physically challenged people and illnessesA holy woman tries to change the world one girl at a timeAlthough not common, some older images and statues of Saint Francis of Assisi show him balancing three orbs on his shoulders. They appear to be globes, heavenly realms, or the earth, the moon, and the sun. But the three orbs actually represent the three orders in the Franciscan family: the first order for men, the second order for women, and the third order for the laity who desire to live by the Franciscan Rule. Today's saint, Angela Merici, was a Third Order Franciscan, a lay woman who followed a strict rule of Franciscan life outside of a convent.Angela's holiness, mystical experiences, and leadership skills ultimately led her beyond her Franciscan commitment to found her own community of “virgins in the world” dedicated to the education of vulnerable girls or, in modern parlance, at-risk youths. She placed the community under the patronage of Saint Ursula. The community, after Angela's death, was formally recognized as the Ursulines and gained such renown for their schools that they came to be known as the female Jesuits.Saint Angela saw the risk that uneducated girls in her native region of Northern Italy would end up being abused sexually or financially and sought to counter these possible outcomes through education. She gathered a like-minded group of virgins around her into a “company,” a military word also used by Saint Ignatius in founding his “Company of Jesus” around the same time. Saint Angela organized her city into districts which reported to “colonels” who oversaw the education and general welfare of the poor girls under their care. Saint Angela's cooperators did not understand their dedicated virginity as a failure to find a husband or a rejection of religious life in a convent. They emulated the early Christian orders of virgins as spouses of Christ who served the children of their Beloved in the world.Living in the first part of the sixteenth century, Saint Angela was far ahead of her time. Teaching orders of nuns became normative in the Church in later centuries, staffing Catholic schools throughout the world. But nuns did not always do this. This practice had to start with someone, and that someone was today's saint. Bonds of faith, love of God, and a common purpose knitted her followers together into a religious family that served the spiritual and physical welfare of those who no one else cared about. Women make a house a home, and Saint Angela sought to change society one woman at a time by infusing every home with Christian virtue emanating from the heart of the woman who ran it. She trained future wives, mothers, and educators in their youth, when they were still able to be formed.The Papal Bull of Pope Paul III in 1544, which canonically recognized her community, stated of Saint Angela Merici: “She had such a thirst and hunger for the salvation and good of her neighbor that she was disposed and most ready to give not one, but a thousand lives, if she had had so many, for the salvation even of the least…with maternal love, she embraced all creatures...Her words...were spoken with such unheard of effectiveness that everyone felt compelled to say: ‘Here is God.'”Saint Angela Merici, infuse in our hearts that same love for which you left worldly joys to seek out the vulnerable and the forgotten. Help us to educate the ignorant and to share with the less fortunate, not only for their spiritual and material benefit but for our everlasting salvation.
Today the Church honors Saint Ursula and the Virgins of Cologne. In the year 383 Saint Ursula and her 11,010 companions were all found slaughtered for their purity and their Faith. This great martyrdom occurred in Cologne, Germany, and a shrine has been erected to them there, containing as many of their bones as could be rescued. A Religious Order of nuns in the Catholic Church was established by Saint Angela Merici in honor of Saint Ursula in the year 1535, known as the Ursulines. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-ursula-and-the-virgins-of-cologne-27
US Virgin Islands named after Saint Ursula. Pinkie & Mildred also talk about Ursa Minor & Ursa Major
Sophie, Katelyn and special returning guests Nick Kruger and Darrin Schultz discuss the legend of Saint Ursula and her troupe of virgins and rank the best U.S state fossils. Check out our Merchandise from BonfireFor links to the sources used in this episode and more, please visit Our WebsiteFind us on Instagram and Facebook and check out our fellow podcasts on PodMoth NetworkMusic: Game show musical jingle, warm digital synth, counter, counting timer via Zapsplat.com
This week we are joined by the creator and host of Saint Podcast, Eric Huang, to discuss Saint Ursula, a British princess who was killed by the Huns in Cologne Germany on October 21st 383 AD, and who miraculously managed to take 11,000 virgins and one pope down with her. We also learn how Ursula inspired a very early commune of liberated women and how a convent of Ursuline nuns suffered madness and demonic possession during a quarantine lockdown in a global pandemic (something we can all relate to). Eric shares how this wild tale inspired both a book by Aldus Huxley and a nearly pornographic 1971 film called The Devils by director Ken Russell. We also revisit the earlier October feast days of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, also known as the Little Flower, whose autobiography is much maligned by our co-host Sean Kelly. And finally, we offer our support for the proposed beatification of a modern young woman who was inspired by both St. Francis and St. Thérèse, Cristina Gaztelu Vargas. You can read about Cristina on the Saint Kateri Conservation website here: https://kateri.org/in-tribute/And you can learn more about Saint Podcast at: https://www.saintpodcast.com/Also please check out Saints Preserve Us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/SaintsPreserveSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/saints-preserve-us. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
A daily news briefing from Catholic News Agency, powered by artificial intelligence. Ask your smart speaker to play “Catholic News,” or listen every morning wherever you get podcasts. www.catholicnewsagency.com - The archbishop of Vaduz, Liechtenstein, announced this week that his archdiocese won't take part in the Synod on Synodality, saying that it would run “the risk of becoming ideological.” Vaduz is one of the smallest archdioceses in the world, with fewer than 40,000 Catholics. The archbishop said his archdiocese is small enough that, quote, “All those who wish to do so can enter into dialogue with one another, listen to one another, and maintain personal communication about suggestions, wishes, and ideas in everyday Church life.” The Synod on Synodality is a two-year, worldwide consultative process that Pope Francis launched this month, and in which all dioceses in the world have been asked to participate. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/249340/catholic-leader-says-his-archdiocese-won-t-take-part-in-synodal-process-citing-ideological-risk Pope Francis has shared a letter written by a clerical sexual abuse survivor with candidates preparing for the Catholic priesthood. The anonymous abuse victim wrote that she was sharing her story because she would like to see “loving truth” win out. The letter reads, in part, “God has called you to be his instrument among men. You have a GREAT RESPONSIBILITY! A responsibility that is not a burden, but a GIFT! Please treat it according to the example of Jesus... with HUMILITY and LOVE!” https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/249339/pope-francis-wants-seminarians-to-read-this-letter-from-a-clerical-abuse-survivor A Kansas City-area Baptist megachurch has reached a $150,000 settlement with the county over coronavirus restrictions. Abundant Life Baptist Church filed a lawsuit against Jackson County, Missouri over a year ago, arguing that the county's coronavirus restrictions treated places of worship more harshly than secular institutions such as retail stores. Since the lawsuit was filed, several Supreme Court decisions related to coronavirus restrictions on worship have been handed down that make it likely that the church would have won the case. Under the terms of the settlement, Jackson County vowed that in exchange for the church dropping the lawsuit, it would ensure that future enforcement measures would not impose stricter requirements on religious organizations than their secular counterparts. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/249350/missouri-christian-church-wins-settlement-over-coronavirus-restrictions-on-worship The Bishop of Buea, Cameroon, has condemned both the Thursday shooting death of a five-year-old girl at a police checkpoint in the city, and the lynching death of the officer responsible. The girl was shot to death when the driver of the car in which she was travelling to school refused to stop at a police checkpoint. A crowd soon gathered at the site, capturing the officer and beating him to death. The Cameroonian bishop urged prayers for the dead. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/249349/bishop-in-cameroon-shocked-by-shooting-death-of-young-girl-lynching-of-policeman Today, the Church honors Saint Ursula and the Virgins of Cologne, who fled England during the fourth century Saxon invasion and were martyred on the European continent. Saint Ursula is the patroness of Catholic education, especially the education of girls; Cologne Germany, educators, holy death, schoolchildren, students, and teachers. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-ursula-and-the-virgins-of-cologne-27
Episode six is about a saint whose name means little bear. She's a British saint, a princess from Britannia, the name of the British Isles when England and Wales were part of the Roman Empire. Her legend is based around a pilgrimage that included an entourage of 11,000 virgins as well as an additional 15,000 hangers on. They met their end in modern-day Germany and inspired a monastic order of nuns whose French chapter in Loudon was scandalised by demonic possessions and a witch trial. This is the story of Saint Ursula the Leader of the 11,000 Virgins.
Full Text of ReadingsWednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 475All podcast readings are produced by the USCCB and are from the Catholic Lectionary, based on the New American Bible and approved for use in the United States _______________________________________The Saint of the day is St. Ursula and the Virgins of CologneIn the fourth century the pagan Saxonsbegan to invade England, intent on destroying the Catholic Faith and violating the purity of all young English virgins. It wasin the midst of this thata group of remarkable English girls fled from England to the Continent. This group included Saint Ursula and ten of herfriends, each having a thousand companions, making their number 11,011 in all. However, in the year 383 Saint Ursula and her 11,010 companions were all found slaughtered for their purity and their Faith. This great martyrdom occurred in Cologne, at Germany, and a shrine has been erected to them there, containing as may of their bones as could be rescued. A Religious Order of nuns in the Catholic Church was establishedby Saint Angela Merici in honor of Saint Ursula in the year 1535. They are known as the Ursulines. The Order of Ursulines, founded in 1535 by St. Angela de Merici, which is especially devoted to the education of young girls, has also helped to spread throughout the world the name and the cult of St. Ursula.Saint Ursula is the patroness ofCatholic education (especially of girls), Cologne, Germany, educators, holy death, schoolchildren, students, and teachers. She is oftenrepresented in art and iconsas a maiden shot with arrows, with a clock, and is often accompanied by a number of othercompanions who are being martyred in assorted, often creative ways. Saint of the Day Copyright CNA, Catholic News Agency
Sunny Ozell stops by the Big Fat American Studios to talk about her new album Overnight Lows. This episode starts of as part of a theological discussion about the Lives of the Saints which inspired the composition of Saint Ursula. Get more at www.sunnyozell.com.
The story of the life and death of St. Ursula and her companions. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lauren-a-rupar/support
Patricia Fortini Brown, Professor Emerita of Art & Archaeology, Princeton UniversitySaturday, February 9, 2019Wives, virgins or courtesans? The feminine mystique of Renaissance Venice sanctioned two desirable roles for honorable women: as a wife and mother managing the family palace or as a virginal bride of Christ confined to a convent. Carpaccio’s Life of Saint Ursula presents an elegant paradigm of duty, forbearance and sacrifice, suitable for both such options. But there was also a third, unsanctioned, role for which Venice was famous: the courtesan. Often talented, well-educated and sumptuously dressed, courtesans might easily be mistaken for patrician wives and daughters, as exemplified by Titian’s mysterious Lady in White. This talk explores how the portrayal of women in art and literature mediated between the ideals of the feminine mystique and the realities of the time.Presented in conjunction with Titian’s Portrait of a Lady in White, c. 1561, on loan from the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.
Castle of the Winds 07. (Daniel K's Let's Plays ep -16⅔). More dungeon exploration! Bet you didn't see that coming. In this episode I explore our homogeneous dungeon while telling slightly too personal anecdotes. I hope you're in to that. I kinda recommended Stagger Lee by musical legend Nick Cave and his Bad Seeds https://youtu.be/Nbe5RERDh4k and that song was also the closing music for this episode. I got sick of my own ugly thumbnails, so for this episode thumbnail I just co-opted Peder Severin Krøyer's beautiful 1881 portrait of the Hirschsprung family. And oh shit! The music in the background of the 'editor's thoughts' segment was Hildegard Von Bingen's tribute to Saint Ursula and her 11,000 Virgin Martyrs. S'fuckn sweet.
"Saint Ursula," from Women of Faith, written by Calee M. Lee, illustrated by Lisa Graves (Xist Publishing, 2015)
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