Triunfo de San Rafael - Córdoba, Andalucía, España
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N 37° 53.015 W 004° 46.684
30S E 343637 N 4194388
One of St Raphael's triumph
Waymark Code: WM18QV0
Location: Andalucía, Spain
Date Posted: 09/13/2023
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ES: "Preside la Plaza de la Compañía un Triunfo de San Rafael, erigido en 1736 a propuesta del jesuita Juan de Santiago. Ramírez de las Casas-Deza lo describió a mediados del siglo XIX con estas palabras: “consta de una grada en que se eleva un pedestal cuadrilátero con recuadros dorados, y en cada uno de ellos una inscripción latina. Sobre él cargan cuatro columnas de mármol blanco en que se asienta el cimacio con una nube que sirve de pedestal a la imagen dorada de San Rafael“. Con el paso de los años se han ido borrando los dorados y las inscripciones que citara Ramírez de las Casas-Deza, y la verja no se conserva tampoco."
EN: ""The Plaza de la Compañía is presided over by a Triumph of San Rafael, erected in 1736 at the proposal of the Jesuit Juan de Santiago. Ramírez de las Casas-Deza described it in the mid-19th century with these words: “it consists of a step on which stands a quadrilateral pedestal with golden squares, and in each of them a Latin inscription. On top of it are four columns of white marble on which sits the summit with a cloud that serves as a pedestal for the golden image of Saint Raphael." Over the years, the gilding and inscriptions cited by Ramírez de las Casas-Deza have been erased, and the fence is no longer preserved either.""
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ARCÁNGEL RAFAEL:
"He is an archangel first mentioned in the Book of Tobit and in 1 Enoch, both estimated to date from between the 3rd and 2nd century BCE. In later Jewish tradition, he became identified as one of the three heavenly visitors entertained by Abraham at the Oak of Mamre. He is not named in either the New Testament or the Quran, but later Christian tradition identified him with healing and as the angel who stirred waters in the Pool of Bethesda in John 5:2–4, and in Islam, where his name is Israfil, he is understood to be the unnamed angel of Quran 6:73, standing eternally with a trumpet to his lips, ready to announce the Day of Judgment. In Gnostic tradition, Raphael is represented on the Ophite Diagram."
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