St. Philip Benizi - Portland, OR
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N 45° 33.189 W 122° 34.262
10T E 533482 N 5044490
This sculpture is in the Chapel of Mary at the Grotto- a Roman Catholic sanctuary in Portland, Oregon.
Waymark Code: WMNHGG
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 03/18/2015
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The sculpture is smaller than life-sized and made from marble. It depicts the saint in clerical garb standing and holding a crucifix at the center of his chest with his right hand. His left hand is held out slightly, palm upwards as if in blessing.
See the Grotto's website about the artwork in the Chapel (
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Wikipedia (
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"Philip Benizi de Damiani (sometimes St Philip Benitius) (August 15, 1233 – August 22, 1285) was a general superior of the Order of the Servites.
Biography\
Philip Benizi was born on August 15 in the Florentine district of Oltrarno, the day the Blessed Virgin first appreared to the Seven Founders. He became the great propagator of the Order of the Servants of Mary (the Servites). When he was elected the general superior on June 5, 1267, the order, which had long been the object of attack from enemies, entered into the crisis of its existence. The Second Council of Lyons in 1274 put into execution the ordinance of the Fourth Lateran Council, forbidding the foundation of new religious orders, and absolutely suppressing all mendicant institutions not yet approved by the Holy See. In 1276 Pope Innocent V, in a letter addressed to Philip, declared the order suppressed. Philip then proceeded to Rome, but before his arrival there, Innocent V had died.
The city of Forlì was part of the Papal States and, in 1283, the site of strong anti-papal sentiment was placed under interdict. Pope Martin V asked Philip to go to Forlì and try to reconcile the divided city. Eighteen-year-old Peregrine Laziosi (Latiosi), the son of a Ghibelline leader, was among those abusive towards Philip. However Philip's meeting with the initially antagonistic Peregrine help the young man later decide to join the Servite order. Saint Peregrine was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1726.
Philip died on August 22, 1285, during the Octave of the Assumption at Todi, where he is buried.
In the cloister of Santa Maria of the Servites in Vicenza, took place his miracles in 1319."