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patrons - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2005 - 55 Euro Cent

Designer: Schulz, Maria

patrons - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 2005 - 55 Euro Cent


Theme: Religion & Spirituality
CountryAustria / II. Republic of Austria
Issue Date2005
Face Value 55.00 
Edition Issued1,000,000
Printing Typecombination printing
Stamp TypeCommemorative
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number1877
Chronological ChapterOOS-OE2
SID283197
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St. Joseph is one of the few saints who is not a martyr. The carpenter Josef (or Joseph) of Nazareth of the family of King David was the Nursing Father of Christ. Only relatively late can be a veneration of this saint occupy. In addition to isolated local worship, he moved slowly from the late Middle Ages to the fore. The French Cardinal Peter d'Ailly was the first to write a treatise on the worship of Joseph, which was expanded and disseminated by his disciple Gerson. Especially the mystic Theresa of Avila and Saint Francis de Sales promoted the worship of Joseph. In the Baroque era, his worship begins to develop a broader base. Empress Maria Theresa procured in 1771 the Pope a new holiday rules. She intended a reduction in the myriad of local cartridges. The bishops responsible for the province of Vorderösterreich (consisting of the present-day provinces of Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Carinthia and Styria) agreed on Josef in 1772. As the patron saint of the House of Austria and of the Holy Roman Empire, he was regarded as a good middle ground for the bishops, usually even princes of the empire. However, the "arranged" patron saint never really achieved the desired popularity in these countries. On December 8, 1870, Pope Pius IX proclaimed. Joseph the patron saint of the Roman world church. In order to give Christian consecration to the workers' World Day, Pope Pius XII decreed. 1955, that instead of the celebrated after Easter St. Joseph-Schutzfestes the saint "Josef the worker" in the future on 1 May should be celebrated. Thus, St. Joseph has become a saint for many occasions, he is the patron saint of spouses and Christian families, children, adolescents, virgins, orphans and educators, travelers and exiles, dying, workers and craftsmen, carpenters, Pioneers, engineers, timber workers, gravediggers, Wagner and carpenters, helpers in need of housing, in temptations, in desperate situations and the patron saint of chastity. In the depictions, the saint is usually shown as a bearded man holding either a walking stick or a flowering stick, the baby Jesus, a lily, or even the tools of a carpenter.

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St. Joseph is one of the few saints who is not a martyr. The carpenter Josef (or Joseph) of Nazareth of the family of King David was the Nursing Father of Christ. Only relatively late can be a veneration of this saint occupy. In addition to isolated local worship, he moved slowly from the late Middle Ages to the fore. The French Cardinal Peter d'Ailly was the first to write a treatise on the worship of Joseph, which was expanded and disseminated by his disciple Gerson. Especially the mystic Theresa of Avila and Saint Francis de Sales promoted the worship of Joseph. In the Baroque era, his worship begins to develop a broader base. Empress Maria Theresa procured in 1771 the Pope a new holiday rules. She intended a reduction in the myriad of local cartridges. The bishops responsible for the province of Vorderösterreich (consisting of the present-day provinces of Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Carinthia and Styria) agreed on Josef in 1772. As the patron saint of the House of Austria and of the Holy Roman Empire, he was regarded as a good middle ground for the bishops, usually even princes of the empire. However, the "arranged" patron saint never really achieved the desired popularity in these countries. On December 8, 1870, Pope Pius IX proclaimed. Joseph the patron saint of the Roman world church. In order to give Christian consecration to the workers' World Day, Pope Pius XII decreed. 1955, that instead of the celebrated after Easter St. Joseph-Schutzfestes the saint "Josef the worker" in the future on 1 May should be celebrated. Thus, St. Joseph has become a saint for many occasions, he is the patron saint of spouses and Christian families, children, adolescents, virgins, orphans and educators, travelers and exiles, dying, workers and craftsmen, carpenters, Pioneers, engineers, timber workers, gravediggers, Wagner and carpenters, helpers in need of housing, in temptations, in desperate situations and the patron saint of chastity. In the depictions, the saint is usually shown as a bearded man holding either a walking stick or a flowering stick, the baby Jesus, a lily, or even the tools of a carpenter..