Four Holy Marshals

Four Holy Marshals

The Four Holy Marshals ("Vier Marschälle Gottes" or just "Vier Marschälle") were four saints venerated in the Rhineland, especially at Cologne, Liège, Aachen, and Eifel. [ [http://www.soetele.de/links/quellen/kalvarien/muhresoat/marschaelle/marschaelle.html marschaelle ] ] They were conceived as standing particularly close to throne of God, and thus powerful intercessors. [ [http://www.kathpedia.com/index.php?title=Vier_Marsch%C3%A4lle Vier Marschälle - Kathpedia ] ] Their joint veneration is comparable to that of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, who were also venerated in the Rhineland.

They were considered “marshals of God” and were invoked against diseases and epidemics during the Middle Ages.

Evidence of their cult is testified by documentation dating from 1478; however, the joint cult of these four saints may have existed earlier. [ [http://www.kathpedia.com/index.php?title=Vier_Marsch%C3%A4lle Vier Marschälle - Kathpedia ] ] [ [http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/Glossar/Vier_heilige_Marschaelle.htm Vier heilige Marschälle - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon ] ] The cult reached its high point in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and diminished by the seventeenth. [ [http://www.soetele.de/links/quellen/kalvarien/muhresoat/marschaelle/marschaelle.html marschaelle ] ] There were churches dedicated to them at Hüngersdorf, Schleiden, and in the Mariwald. [ [http://www.ahrdorf.de/html/body_die_kapelle.html Die Kapelle ] ]

The Four Holy Marshals

The four saints are:

In terms of protection over animals, Anthony was the patron of pigs, Cornelius cattle, Hubertus dogs, and Quirinus horses. [ [http://www.soetele.de/links/quellen/kalvarien/muhresoat/marschaelle/marschaelle.html marschaelle ] ] In addition, each saint had its own particular place of special veneration: Anthony was venerated at Cologne, Hubertus at St-Hubert in the Ardennes, Cornelius at Aachen, and Quirinus at Neuss. [ [http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/Glossar/Vier_heilige_Marschaelle.htm Vier heilige Marschälle - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon ] ]

ee also

*Fourteen Holy Helpers
*military saint

References

External links

*de icon [http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/Glossar/Vier_heilige_Marschaelle.htm Vier heilige Marschälle]
*de icon [http://www.cornelissen.de/name/cor_pap1.htm Das war Papst Cornelius]
*de icon [http://www.cornelissen.de/name/cor_pap8.htm Einer der vier hl. Marschälle]
*de icon [http://www.cornelissen.de/name/cor_pap6.htm Der Heilige mit dem Horn/Beschützer des Hornviehs]
*de icon [http://www.cornelissen.de/name/cor_pap7.htm Helfer bei der Kornelkrankheit]
*de icon [http://www.cornelissen.de/name/cor_ver8.htm Verehrung und Bräuche]
*de icon [http://www.soetele.de/links/quellen/kalvarien/muhresoat/marschaelle/marschaelle.html Der Raub der vier heiligen Marschälle]


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