Il Sole Silhouettes Patrono San Teodoro - San Marco Venezia
“The Sun Silhouettes Patron Saint Theodore - San Marco Venice” …
The symbol of Venice is the Winged Lion, an iconic symbol of the West, similar to the Dragon symbolizing the East, as in medieval times. Venice, of the West, has a rooted kinship with the East. On the front door of Venice, are two massive granite columns from the Eastern 12th century and two different periods of history. Facing the door to the left is St. Theodore from Asia Minor, also known as St. Theodore of Amasea, or St. Theodore of Tiro. Tiro means soldier or a recruit and St. Theodore was the early Patron Saint of Venice as it fought for survival when trade and commerce brought Venice closer to the Eastern Roman Empire than to the Holy See in Rome. St. Theodore was a third-century Roman soldier who would not worship pagan deities and therefore condemned to death. The statue of St. Theodore atop the column of Venice has an alligator/dragon underfoot. According to legend, St. Theodore armed himself with the cross and slew a dragon, symbolizing his power to vanquish evil. Venice also holds the relic of another famous dragon-slaying saint, St. George, in Saint Mark’s Basilica. The Winged Lion on top of the second column on the Molo is the symbol of another Patron Saint of Venice, St. Mark, the Evangelist. Venice needed St. Mark for its own national identity and to lend the republic's legitimacy to the rest of Europe. The Church of San Marco was the first stone church built in Venice and modeled after the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople. Unfortunately, the first San Marco was destroyed by fire in 976 CE and the relics of St. Mark were also lost. However, St. Mark’s body was miraculously rediscovered in a pillar when this new church was rebuilt. He has been protecting Venice since. On an evening stroll through St. Mark’s Square, I was struck by the brilliant evening sun behind the high statue of St. Theodore and captured this silhouette overlooking the effervescing Venetian ambiance.
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- c.Dino Carbettac.Dino Carbetta
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