Peter and Paul
Peter and Paul (St. Peter and St. Paul) is the name of the feast of the apostles Peter and Paul . The festival is celebrated on June 29th in many denominations . In the Roman Catholic Church it has the rank of a solemn festival .
liturgy
The festival does not go on the anniversary of the death of the namesake, but to the tradition back to the time of Valeria niche pursuits on that day in Rome the relics of the two apostles in the Sebastian Catacombs on the Appian transferred were. The oldest celebration of this commemoration is documented from the year 354.
The festival of the apostles on June 29th was taken over by Constantinople at the beginning of the 6th century . In Jerusalem and Palestine, the couple of apostles were celebrated at the beginning (end of 4th / beginning of 5th century :) on December 28th each year; June 29th was added later (before 614?) as a side festival. Until 1955, the day before the feast of Peter and Paul , June 28, was Vigil Day .
On the feast of Peter and Paul in many dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church, the sacrament of consecration is administered . In the Orthodox churches , the “Apostle fast” begins a week after Pentecost and lasts until the feast of Peter and Paul.
Even after the orders of service of the Protestant church the festival can be celebrated on 29 June.
Adoration
Numerous Peter and Paul churches are under the patronage of Peter and Paul. The better known include the Naumburg Cathedral , the Klagenfurt Cathedral and the Poznan Cathedral . There is a Peter and Paul altar in Comburg. A number of Peter and Paul monasteries were also placed under the patronage of the two apostles, including Hirsau monastery . The Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg also bears this name.
Because of their outstanding importance for the church, both saints are sometimes also referred to with the honorable designation "prince of the apostles" ( Latin princeps apostulorum , from princeps 'the first, leader, prince').
Legal holidays
- In Prussia , Peter and Paul became a public holiday in December 1796 by an order from Friedrich Wilhelm III. abolished. In other German states, the public holiday remained until the 19th century.
- In the Swiss canton of Ticino , in some Italian-speaking communities in the canton of Graubünden and in some communities in the canton of Lucerne , Peter and Paul are public holidays.
- The day was celebrated as a public holiday across Italy until 1976 . In 1977 it was abolished along with three other church holidays and only remained a holiday in the Diocese of Rome . In 2008, a legislative proposal was introduced to parliament to reinstate Peter and Paul Day on June 29 as a public holiday throughout Italy. Prime Minister Romano Prodi and many clerics supported this project. Also in the legislative period from April 2008 under Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi , the draft law for the reintroduction of Peter and Paul Day as a public holiday in Italy was again introduced to the Chamber and Senate, but not passed.
- In Malta Peter and Paul is a public holiday.
regional customs
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The Peter and Paul Festival is traditionally celebrated, especially in Austria and Bavaria, with the Peterlfeuer . In Rome, the traditional fireworks "La Girandola" takes place at the Castel Sant'Angelo for the Peter and Paul Festival .
The weather rule "Peter and Paul hang the cherries in your mouth" refers to the fact that the sweet cherries are ripe at the end of June.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Frank Kolb , Rome, the history of the city in antiquity , CH Beck, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-406-39666-6 , p. 641, online edition
- ↑ Schott missal . Herder ( online version ).
- ↑ Charles Renoux: L'Hymnaire de Saint-Sabas (Ve-VIIIe siècle) , Vol 2 (Patrologia Orientalis 53, 1).. Turnhout 2015, 563 note 2.
- ↑ Senate No. 940; Chamber No. 1647.
- ↑ Public Holidays in Malta , accessed July 1, 2018
- ↑ La Girandola on Good Morning Rome ( Memento of the original from June 30, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. German. Retrieved June 29, 2015.
