Canonical coronation
A canonical coronation (
Christ, Mary or Joseph that is widely venerated in a particular diocese or locality.[1][2][3][4] The act was later regulated to Marian images only, through the De coronatione imaginum B.V. Mariae that was issued on 25 March 1973.[5]
The formal act is generally carried out by a representing proxy of the pope, via the designated
The
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments makes the formal consultation and arrangement to execute the ceremonial act which the decree authorizes.[7]
History
The formal act of coronation towards Marian images began with the
When the
Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome.[10]
Development of the rite
Saint Peter's Basilica
, Rome.The enactment of the rite of the coronation of a venerated image became widely popular in the
plenary indulgence was also conceded to the faithful who participated in such rites.[11]
- The first Marian image ceremoniously crowned without direct papal approbation was performed by Cardinal Orazio Spinola for the Madonna of the Vineyards venerated at the Basilica of Santa Maria delle Vigne in Genoa on 5 April 1616. Pope Benedict XV later granted a decree of coronation titled Quae Civitatis Istius on 1 November 1920, signed and executed by the Archbishop of Genoa, Cardinal Tommaso Pio Boggianiin honor of the Pope's native birthplace.
- The first image of the Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome on 27 May 1631, by Pope Urban VIIIthrough the Vatican Chapter.
- The first Marian image pontifically crowned outside of Rome was the Our Lady of Trsat of Croatia on 8 September 1715 by Pope Clement XI.
- The first Marian image personally crowned by a pope himself was the Madonna del Popolo on 3 June 1782 by Pope Pius VI at the Cesena Cathedral.
- The first image of Christ granted a decree of canonical coronation was granted by Pope Leo XII for the Infant Jesus of Prague on 24 September 1824. The image is now enshrined at the Carmelite Church of Our Lady of Victories in Prague, Czech Republic.
- The first image of Saint Joseph that granted a decree of canonical coronation by Madonna and Child ensemble merited their own separate pontifical decrees in 1984 under the auspices of Pope John Paul II.
Enshrinement of the rite
An earlier reference to the coronation of Marian images is decreed in the 1973 apostolic brief Pluries Decursu Temporis. The solemn rite of crowning images is contained in the Holy Office on 25 May 1981. Prior to 1989, papal bulls authorising canonical coronations were inscribed manually on parchment. After 1989, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments began issuing the authorisations, thereby authorising a papal legate to perform the coronation of the approved devotional image on behalf of the pope via an expressed decree of letters patent.
See also
References
- ^ "Mensaje con motivo del 50 aniversario de la coronación de la imagen de la Virgen del Camino (19 de octubre de 1980) - Juan Pablo II". w2.vatican.va.
- ^ "Radiomensaje a los fieles mexicanos con ocasión del 50 aniversario de la coronación canónica de la Virgen de Guadalupe (12 de octubre de 1945) - PIUS XII". w2.vatican.va.
- ^ "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bulls and Briefs". Newadvent.org. 1 November 1908. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "Canonical Coronation of La Virgen de la Esperanza Macarena | Hermandad de la Macarena". Hermandaddelamacarena.es. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ "De coronatione imaginum B.V. Mariae" (PDF).
- ^ "Address to members of the Vatican Chapter". Vatican.va. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis 1973, “De Coronatione Imaginum Beatae Mariae Virginis” — PLURIES DECURSU TEMPORIS factum est ut populus christianus, filiali devotione permotus, ardenter peteret et obtineret coronationem alicuius Imaginis Beata Virgo Mariae. Nam «Maria, per gratiam Dei post Filium prae omnibus angelis et hominibus exaltata, utpote sanctissima Dei Mater, quae mysteriis Christi interfuit, speciali cultu ab Ecclesia merito honoratur.» [Congregatione Oecumenicum Vaticanum Secundum II, Constatione Dogmatis Lumen gentium, numerorum # 66.] Illius consuetudinis testimonium permanet ritus in Pontificali Romano usitatus.
- ^ Relazione della incoronazione della prodigiosa imagine della SS.ma Vergine detta Delle Grazie di Montepulciano, Ottavio Puccinelli, Rom 1742
- ISBN 978-8418-0894-04.
- ^ Moroni, Gaetano (1842). Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica da S. Pietro sino ai nostri …. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- ^ Roman Ritual: Blessings, Praenotanda num. 28, Ritual coronation of an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary, nos. 10 and 14.
Further reading
- Santoro, Nicholas Joseph (2011). Mary in Our Life: Atlas of the Names and Titles of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and Their Place in Marian Devotion. iUniverse. ISBN 978-1-4620-4022-3.
- Brie, Steve; Daggers, Jenny; Torevell, David, eds. (2009). Sacred Space: Interdisciplinary Perspectives within Contemporary Contexts. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4438-0642-8. See especially chapter 4, "Consumption, Sacred Places and Spaces in Profane contexts: A comparison between the UK and India" by Jan Brown, John Phillips and Vishwas Maheshwari which draws an analogy between traditional religious veneration and contemporary preoccupations with sport, shopping and film.
- Teilhard de Chardin. Trans. René Hague. New York: Harper & Row, 1971. See pp. 125–6. de Lubac SJ upholds the view, first promoted by Teilhard de Chardin SJ, which claims that the cult of Mary (devotion to, coronations etc.) is an essential corrective of the over-masculinisation of the Old Testament godhead in the person of Yaweh, and hence is the incarnation of the femininity of God.
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