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HOLY FAMILY PARISH CHURCH [LUKE WADDING STREET WATERFORD - LUKE WAS THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR ST. PATRICK’S DAY]
This session did not go well as it was made clear to me that photographing the church was an activity that was not approved of. I could not determine if the person was a priest or a parish employee as they spoke to me from a distance but I have a policy of not getting into a discussion when such an event occurs so I left.
There was also a smudge on my lens which impacted badly on many of my photographs.
I was a bit disappointed as I had walked a long distance to visit this church.
Luke Wadding, O.F.M. (16 October 1588 – 18 November 1657), was an Irish Franciscan friar and historian. Wadding was born on 16 October 1588 at Waterford to Walter Wadding of Waterford, a wealthy merchant, and his wife, Anastasia Lombard (sister of Peter Lombard, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland). Educated at the school of Mrs. Jane Barden in Waterford and of Peter White in Kilkenny, in 1604 he went to study in Lisbon and at the University of Coimbra.
Wadding founded the Pontifical Irish College for Irish secular clergy. In 1900, Wadding's portrait and part of his library were in the Franciscan friary on Merchant's Quay, Dublin. Through Wadding's efforts, St Patrick's Day became a feast day.
In the 1950s, a statue of Wadding was erected on the Mall in Waterford, adjacent to Reginald's Tower and one of the city's most prominent locations. The Waterford-born Franciscan's literary, academic and theological attributes were denoted by a quill pen held poised in the statue's right hand. More recently this statue was replaced by one of Thomas Francis Meagher. The figure of Luke Wadding was moved to a position at the entrance to the French Church, Waterford on Greyfriars.
This session did not go well as it was made clear to me that photographing the church was an activity that was not approved of. I could not determine if the person was a priest or a parish employee as they spoke to me from a distance but I have a policy of not getting into a discussion when such an event occurs so I left.
There was also a smudge on my lens which impacted badly on many of my photographs.
I was a bit disappointed as I had walked a long distance to visit this church.
Luke Wadding, O.F.M. (16 October 1588 – 18 November 1657), was an Irish Franciscan friar and historian. Wadding was born on 16 October 1588 at Waterford to Walter Wadding of Waterford, a wealthy merchant, and his wife, Anastasia Lombard (sister of Peter Lombard, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland). Educated at the school of Mrs. Jane Barden in Waterford and of Peter White in Kilkenny, in 1604 he went to study in Lisbon and at the University of Coimbra.
Wadding founded the Pontifical Irish College for Irish secular clergy. In 1900, Wadding's portrait and part of his library were in the Franciscan friary on Merchant's Quay, Dublin. Through Wadding's efforts, St Patrick's Day became a feast day.
In the 1950s, a statue of Wadding was erected on the Mall in Waterford, adjacent to Reginald's Tower and one of the city's most prominent locations. The Waterford-born Franciscan's literary, academic and theological attributes were denoted by a quill pen held poised in the statue's right hand. More recently this statue was replaced by one of Thomas Francis Meagher. The figure of Luke Wadding was moved to a position at the entrance to the French Church, Waterford on Greyfriars.
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