Golden rose

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Golden Rose by Giuseppe and Pietro Paolo Spagna. Rome, around 1818/19 in the Vienna Treasury

The golden rose (also papal rose , virtue rose ; Latin pink aurea ) is a papal award. The rose is a bouquet of roses forged from gold-plated silver and composed of six rose branches with six flowers filled with fragrant essences ( balsams and musk ).

The symbol of the golden rose stands for Jesus Christ . The gold indicates his resurrection , the thorns the passion . Traditionally, the Golden Rose is awarded on the 4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare), which is therefore also called Rose Sunday , to a personality, a state, a city or an organization that has made a special contribution to the Catholic Church. Every year a goldsmith made a new rose on behalf of the Pope.

History of the badge of honor

Pope Urban II gave one of the first golden roses to the Count of Anjou in 1096 . The Golden Rose, presented to the Prince-Bishop of Basel by Pope Clemens V at the beginning of the 14th century and kept in the Musée de Cluny in Paris, is one of the earliest surviving examples.

Awarded to the Council of Florence in 1417, the Golden Rose consisted of nine golden flowers adorned with sapphires and filled with balsam, musk and myrrh . Pope Innocent III (1198–1216) compared the golden rose with Jesus and said: "Just as the rose is composed of gold, musk and balsam, so Jesus also consists of three substances, the divinity, the human soul and the human body."

Occasionally, however, the golden rose was given to personalities in order to make them inclined to papal influence. In early January 1519 , the papal chamberlain, Karl von Miltitz , brought the rose to Elector Frederick the Wise in order to encourage him to suppress the teachings of Martin Luther .

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The award was originally reserved for men. When it later passed on to women, it was mostly called the virtue rose . Men have been awarded the Pope's sword since then . The custom of awarding the virtue rose to women goes back to our time: in 1925, the Belgian Queen Elisabeth was honored by the Pope with the Golden Rose. The last ruling person to receive the virtue rose was Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg in 1956. Queen Giovanna of Sicily is said to have received the first virtue rose .

Since Pope Paul VI. (1963–1978) the special award is only given to places of pilgrimage . The former did this five times, Pope John Paul II (1978-2005) nine times and Benedict XVI. (2005–2013) even eighteen times. Pope Francis awarded his first Golden Rose in November 2013.

Bearer of the golden rose

Ruler

Rulers

Cities

Churches and places of pilgrimage

literature

Web links

Commons : Golden Rose  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Becker-Huberti : Celebrations, festivals, seasons. Living customs all year round. Freiburg-Basel-Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-451-27702-6 , p. 262.
  2. ↑ Treccani.it. Ludovico III Gonzaga.
  3. ^ Treasury register from 1363. In: Bremer Urkundenbuch III. No. 221 and 222
  4. ^ Exhibition catalog Bavarian Piety , City Museum Munich 1960, No. 253 with illus.
  5. ^ Courtney Grogan: Pope Francis celebrates Mass at Transylvania's Marian pilgrimage shrine. June 1, 2019, accessed October 9, 2019 .
Papal orders and decorations
medal

Order of Christ  • Order of the Golden Spur  • Order of Pius  • Order of Gregorius  • Order of New Year

Badge of honor

Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice  • Benemerenti  • Jerusalem pilgrim cross