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Title: Florence in poetry, history and art
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Ryan, Sara Agnes
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Publisher: Chicago, Mayer and Miller Co.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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light can come From the face of our Lady only. She stretched her arms to the kneeling saint, The arms where his Lord has nestled;Oh, all the while (she said with a smile) 1 Have I prayed for you as you wrestled.But, Dominic, know that the Church shall owe Her triumph, when discord closes,Not to might of words nor the force of swords— She shall win by a crown of Roses. She faded from sight, that Presence bright, Yet still in the church he lingers,And ever the crown which his Queen droppeddown, Keeps wandering through his fingers.When the pale dawn broke the saint awoke, From his prayer he passed to his mission;The chaplet of prayer in his hand he bare, In his heart, the peace of the vision. —Author Unknown. The members of the Orders of St. Dominicand St. Francis were welcomed by the Republicin Florence and accorded special honors; to theFranciscans were intrusted the care of the Hos-pital of the Misericordia—that charitable organ-ization for the care of the sick and the dying 32
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The Saints. still existing and including in its roster princeas well as peasant—and the custody of the urnused in the election of the magistrates; while aDominican as well as a Franciscan was accordeda seat on the Ringhieri during public affairs ofstate. The Ringhieri was a rostrum in front ofthe Palazzo-Vecchio. It was removed in thenineteenth century, but a small platform marksthe place where it stood. (The word is derivedfrom Arringari, to harangue.) Both Orders were most potent in their effortsor zeal, and another order of religion soonsprang up in Florence, the Servites, or Servantsof Mary. It was founded by seven young menof the town in 1233 and the early Church of theOrder, the Church of the Most Holy Annuncia-tion, is rich in artistic decoration. It was built as a thank-offering by the parentsof St. Juliana, for her who was sent to them intheir old age. She was a niece of St. Alexius,one of the seven founders, and she herself wasthe foundress of the Servite Sisterhood.Anothe

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