"used by Saint Patrick to illustrate the Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity when Christianising Ireland in the 5th century. The first evidence of a link between St Patrick and the shamrock appears in 1675 on the St Patrick's Coppers or Halpennies. These appear to show a figure of St Patrick preaching to a crowd while holding a shamrock, presumably to explain the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. In pagan Ireland, three was a significant number and the Irish had many triple deities, which could have aided St Patrick in his evangelisation efforts. Patricia Monaghan states that ""There is no"
"their hatts, some of pinns, some of green ribbon, and the vulgar superstitiously wear shamroges, 3 leav'd grass, which they likewise eat (they say) to cause a sweet breath.There is nothing in Dineley's account of the legend of St. Patrick using the shamrock to teach the mystery of the Holy Trinity, and this story does not appear in writing anywhere until a 1726 work by the botanist Caleb Threlkeld. Threlkeld identifies the shamrock as White Field Clover (""Trifolium pratense album"" ) and comments rather acerbically on the custom of wearing the shamrock on St. Patrick's Day:This plant is worn by"
"throughout Ireland. St. Patrick used the shamrock - a small plant with compound leaves, typically composed of three (3), heart-shaped leaflets; and, a very familiar sight to the Irish - to illustrate the tripartite form of the Christian deity. Unlike many other tripartite mythologies, such as the native Irish Morrigan mythology, Christianity is a monotheistic religion. The common triple-leaflet, compound-leaved shamrock, which exhibits only one compound-triplet leaf per stem, provided St. Patrick a means of exemplifying the meaning of the singular yet tripartite Christian god. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, were described by St. Patrick as being"
"heads of pale yellow flowers suggesting miniature hops; and the somewhat similar ""Trifolium dubium"", common in pastures and roadsides, with smaller heads and small yellow flowers turning dark brown. Shamrock, the traditional Irish symbol, which according to legend was coined by Saint Patrick for the Holy Trinity, is commonly associated with clover, although alternatively sometimes with the various species within the genus ""Oxalis"", which are also trifoliate. Clovers occasionally have four leaflets, instead of the usual three. These four-leaf clovers, like other rarities, are considered lucky. Clovers can also have five, six, or more leaflets, but these are rarer. The"
"Clement Parish, Ottawa and in the seal of the Society of Jesus. The plant Passiflora edulis (Passion fruit) was given the name by early European explorers because the flower's complex structure and pattern reminded them of symbols associated with the passion of Christ. It was said that the flower contained the lashes received by Christ, the crown of thorns, the column, the five wounds and the three nails. Triclavianism Triclavianism is the belief that three nails were used to crucify Jesus Christ. The exact number of Holy Nails has been a matter of theological debate for centuries. Triclavianism was one"
"grows from a wall. Cornflower is an attribute of Christ and symbolizes Heaven while hyssop symbolizes both the humility of Christ and baptism. There is a citron tree in the background, which represents the Cedar of Lebanon. Michelangelo uses the hyssop and tree as a visual representation of a quote by Rabanus Maurus, """"From the Cedar of Lebanon to the hyssop which grows on a stony wall we have an explanation of the Divinity which Christ has in his Father and of the humanity that he derives from the Virgin Mary."""" The clover in the foreground represents the Trinity and"
"writes, ""We can perhaps see St Patrick drawing upon the visual concept of the ""triskele"" when he uses the shamrock to explain the Trinity"". The absence of snakes in Ireland gave rise to the legend that they had all been banished by Patrick chasing them into the sea after they attacked him during a 40-day fast he was undertaking on top of a hill. This hagiographic theme draws on the Biblical account of the staff of the prophet Moses. In , Moses and Aaron use their staffs in their struggle with Pharaoh's sorcerers, the staffs of each side turning into"
"having the power to multiply such things as butter, bacon and milk, to bestow sheep and cattle and to control the weather. Plant motifs associated with St Brigid include the white ""Lilium candidum"" popularly known since medieval times as the Madonna Lily for its association with the Virgin Mary, and the Winflower ""Anemone coronaria"", called the ""Brigid anemone"" since the early 19th century. Kildare, the church of the oak ""Quercus petraea"", is associated with a tree sacred to the druids. The colour associated with Brigid is white, worn not only by the Kildare United Irishmen during the 1798 rebellion, but"
"nature, and was recast in a Christian contexticons of St Patrick often depict the saint ""with a cross in one hand and a sprig of shamrocks in the other"". Roger Homan writes, ""We can perhaps see St Patrick drawing upon the visual concept of the ""triskele"" when he uses the shamrock to explain the Trinity"". The first association of the colour green with Ireland is from the 11th century pseudo-historical book Lebor Gabála Érenn (The Book of the Taking of Ireland), which forms part of the Mythological Cycle in Irish Mythology and describes the story of Goídel Glas who is"
"the people in their hats upon the 17. Day of March yearly, (which is called St. Patrick's Day.) It being a current tradition, that by this Three Leafed Grass, he emblematically set forth to them the Mystery of the Holy Trinity. However that be, when they wet their Seamar-oge, they often commit excess in liquor, which is not a right keeping of a day to the Lord; error generally leading to debauchery.The Rev Threlkeld's remarks on liquor undoubtedly refer to the custom of toasting St. Patrick's memory with ""St. Patrick's Pot"", or ""drowning the shamrock"" as it is otherwise known."
"evidence that the clover or wood sorrel (both of which are called shamrocks) were sacred to the Celts"". However, Jack Santino speculates that ""The shamrock was probably associated with the earth and assumed by the druids to be symbolic of the regenerative powers of nature ... Nevertheless, the shamrock, whatever its history as a folk symbol, today has its meaning in a Christian context. Pictures of Saint Patrick depict him driving the snakes out of Ireland with a cross in one hand and a sprig of shamrocks in the other."" Roger Homan writes, ""We can perhaps see St Patrick drawing"
"Holy Trinity (Botticelli) The Holy Trinity or Pala delle Convertite is an altarpiece by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, dating to c. 1491–1493. It is housed in Courtauld Institute Galleries of London. It was originally commissioned by the ""Arte dei Medici e degli Speziali"" (guild of the Doctors and Pharmacists) for the church of Santa Elisabetta delle Convertite in Florence, a church/monastery housing former prostitutes or fallen women, who had converted from the licentious life to one of honesty, and whose patron saint was Mary Magdalene The picture shows the Trinity (Jesus Crucified, God and the Holy Spirit's Dove)"
"The Trinity and Mystic Pietà The Trinity and Mystic Pietà is an oil on oak painting undertaken in 1512 by the German artist Hans Baldung. The painting shows God supporting his son, with the Holy Spirit above them, represented by a dove; the holy trinity are joined by the weeping figures of St. John and the Virgin Mary. The inclusion of God supporting his crucified son within the picture was popular during the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, but is otherwise rare in art history. Beneath the holy figures are a series of smaller individuals, who are assumed by"
"and the voice of his dead brother warns him to leave. The spears which impaled Polydorus have been magically transformed into the myrtle which marks his grave. In Jewish liturgy, the myrtle is one of the four sacred plants (Four Species) of Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles representing the different types of personality making up the community. The myrtle having fragrance but not pleasant taste, represents those who have good deeds to their credit despite not having knowledge from Torah study. The three branches are lashed or braided together by the worshipers a palm leaf, a willow bough, and a"
"studies, Fučić has voiced an opinion that this figure represents Saint George - a saint to whom Plomin church is dedicated to. This conclusion was induced by the attribute the Plomin tablet figure hold in his hand. Fučić was unable to identify the object in the (back then) available repertoire of Roman plastics attributes that would match with the attribute of Plomin tablet figure. These were not fork or a fish gig but a three-leaved branch, a symbol of vegetation; it must have been an abbreviation for the conception of vegetation. Christian iconography can interpret that attribute by a palm"
"falls on the date 17 March and is marked by parades and festivals in cities and towns across the island of Ireland, and by the Irish diaspora around the world. The festival is in remembrance to Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Pious legend credits Patrick with the banishing of the snakes from the island, and the legend also credits Patrick with teaching the Irish about the concept of the Trinity by showing people the shamrock, a 3-leaved clover, using it to highlight the Christian belief of 'three divine persons in the one God'. In Northern Ireland on The"
"and publicans-and-sinners. The common name ""marigold"" refers to its use in medieval churches at Easter as a tribute to the Virgin Mary, as in ""Mary gold"". In North America ""Caltha palustris"" is sometimes known as cowslip. However, cowslip more often refers to ""Primula veris"", the original plant to go by that name. Both are herbaceous plants with yellow flowers, but ""Primula veris"" is much smaller. ""Caltha palustris"" is a plant commonly mentioned in literature, including Shakespeare: It also appears in Charlotte Brontë's ""Shirley"": and in Thomas Hardy's poem 'Overlooking the River Stour': ""Kingcup Cottage"" by Racey Helps is a children's"
"be considered appropriate, if coincidental. Saint Patrick's Saltire Saint Patrick's Saltire or Saint Patrick's Cross is a red saltire (X-shaped cross) on a white field, used to represent the island of Ireland or Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. In heraldic language, it may be blazoned ""Argent, a saltire gules"". Saint Patrick's Flag (""Bratach Naomh Pádraig"") is a flag composed of Saint Patrick's Saltire. The red saltire's association with Saint Patrick dates from the 1780s, when the Order of Saint Patrick adopted it as an emblem. This was a British chivalric order established in 1783 by George III. It"
"grieving parent."" The Trinity and Mystic Pietà The Trinity and Mystic Pietà is an oil on oak painting undertaken in 1512 by the German artist Hans Baldung. The painting shows God supporting his son, with the Holy Spirit above them, represented by a dove; the holy trinity are joined by the weeping figures of St. John and the Virgin Mary. The inclusion of God supporting his crucified son within the picture was popular during the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries, but is otherwise rare in art history. Beneath the holy figures are a series of smaller individuals, who are"
"of Christianity, Christ's redemptive work is compared to saving one's life through beholding the Nehushtan (serpent of brass). Snake handlers use snakes as an integral part of church worship in order to exhibit their faith in divine protection. However, more commonly in Christianity, the serpent has been seen as a representative of evil and sly plotting, which can be seen in the description in Genesis chapter 3 of a snake in the Garden of Eden tempting Eve. Saint Patrick is reputed to have expelled all snakes from Ireland while converting the country to Christianity in the 5th century, thus explaining"
"is a tradition that the three trees from which the True Cross was constructed grew together in one spot. A traditional Orthodox icon depicts Lot, the nephew of Abraham, watering the trees. According to tradition, these trees were used to construct the Temple in Jerusalem (""to beautify the place of my sanctuary""). Later, during Herod's reconstruction of the Temple, the wood from these trees was removed from the Temple and discarded, eventually being used to construct the cross on which Jesus was crucified (""and I will make the place of my feet glorious""). According to the 1955 Roman Catholic Marian"
"was larger and stronger than it is today and was the largest tree in the area of Jerusalem. After his crucifixion, Jesus changed the plant to its current form: he shortened it and twisted its branches to assure an end to its use for the construction of crosses. He also transformed its inflorescence into a representation of the crucifixion itself, with the four white bracts cross-shaped representing the four corners of the cross, each bearing a rusty indentation as of a nail, the red stamens of the flower representing Jesus' crown of thorns, and the clustered red fruit representing his"
"Saint Patrick's Saltire Saint Patrick's Saltire or Saint Patrick's Cross is a red saltire (X-shaped cross) on a white field, used to represent the island of Ireland or Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. In heraldic language, it may be blazoned ""Argent, a saltire gules"". Saint Patrick's Flag (""Bratach Naomh Pádraig"") is a flag composed of Saint Patrick's Saltire. The red saltire's association with Saint Patrick dates from the 1780s, when the Order of Saint Patrick adopted it as an emblem. This was a British chivalric order established in 1783 by George III. It has been suggested that it"
"often been thought to represent the people of Israel, who were not producing 'good fruit'. In Irish legends, Patrick supposedly banished snakes from Ireland. When on the island of Malta, he could pick up poisonous snakes without being bitten. At the end of Mark's gospel, Jesus told his disciples that they would perform this sign. Some have contested whether the final verses of Mark's gospel were original or a later addition, however. In recent years, some Pentecostal churches in the United States have claimed to replicate this miracle, believing it to be a sign of the Holy Spirit's presence. However,"
"Portuguese. The sinister impalement contains three trees in the ""forest""; the kukui (""Aleurites mollucana"") on the right, symbolizing Hawai'i, the birthplace of the bishop, his parents and grandparents. The kukui yields an oil with healing properties that also provides light; the oak (""Quercus alba"") on the left, symbolizing Oakland (""Quercopolitana"") where Bishop Silva grew up and where he served as a priest for 30 years; and the cross - the tree of life - in the center, with olive leaves symbolizing Malia O Ka Malu (Mary, Queen of Peace), patroness of the Diocese of Honolulu (Honolulu is translated from Hawaiian"
"for its mixture of European and local Marquesan features in its design. This is demonstrated in numerous pieces of art adorning the cathedral. An artwork entitled ""The Passion"", the pulpit and the Stations of the Cross were all carved from whole ""tamanu"" trees, with the stations having been carved by Damien Haturau. The first station shows Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane at the Mount of Breadfruit—as opposed to the Mount of Olives. The pulpit has the symbols of the Four Evangelists carved into it, with the floor behind it laid with Ua Pou flower stones. Notre Dame Cathedral,"
"the cross, and the Veronica, can be identified. Triptych of the Temptation of St. Anthony The Triptych of Temptation of St. Anthony is an oil painting on wood panels by the Early Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch, dating from around 1501. The work tells the story of the mental and spiritual torments endured by Saint Anthony the Great (Anthony Abbott), one of the most prominent of the Desert Fathers of Egypt in the late 3rd and early 4th centuries. The Temptation of St. Anthony was a popular subject in Medieval and Renaissance art. In common with many of Bosch's works, the"
"for having the sin of pride. When told the flower had the name because Londoners were proud of it he wrote another poem apologising to it. Saxifraga × urbium London pride, Saxifraga ""×"" urbium, is a perennial garden flowering plant. Alternative names for it include St. Patrick's cabbage, whimsey, prattling Parnell, and look up and kiss me. Before 1700 the “London pride” appellation was given to the Sweet William. In 1846, Theresa Cornwallis West made a journey to Ireland. Near Dunloe in County Kerry ""heareabouts grew quantities of our London Pride, and upon my expressing a wish for some roots"
"""The Crowning with Thorns"") omitted. The Sanctuary is dominated by a large oil painting by Giuseppi Brazi of St Patrick and St Brigid interceding with Our Blessed Lady and her Divine Son. The Stations of the Cross, which are of terracotta and framed in oak, were made in Paris in 1901. St Patricks is known as a centre of Catholic devotion in Dunedin. ""I was only in the parish a few days when I realised the great number of people who came in prayer on their way to work, on their way home, on their way shopping, on their way"
"upon the visual concept of the ""triskele"" when he uses the shamrock to explain the Trinity"". Why the Celts to whom St Patrick was preaching would have needed an explanation of the concept of a triple deity is not clear (two separate triple goddesses are known to have been worshipped in pagan Ireland). The first written mention of the link does not appear until 1681, in the account of Thomas Dineley, an English traveller to Ireland. Dineley writes:The 17th day of March yeerly is St Patricks, an immoveable feast, when ye Irish of all stations and condicions were crosses in"
"The roots of this triad are possibly to be found in Jesus' parable of the Sower: the three scenes of unproductive soil represent ""Satan"" (birds eating the seed), shallow and unreceptive believers (corresponding to weak ""flesh""?), and ""the cares of the world and the lure of wealth"" (Gospel of Mark 4:15–17). These three are also present as a triad in the Letter to the Ephesians chapter 2, verses 1–3: ""You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that"
"A resemblance has been pointed out between the group of the bird and the two nearest figures and a type of depiction of the Trinity found in Early Netherlandish painting, where the Holy Spirit is represented by a dove, to which God the Father (the philosopher) points, while Christ (the father) gestures in blessing to the viewer. On the table are various other pieces of equipment that the natural philosopher would have used during his demonstration: a thermometer, candle snuffer and cork, and close to the man seated to the right is a pair of Magdeburg hemispheres, which would have"
"with the destruction of a fairy thorn to make way for a production facility. Hawthorn trees are often found beside clootie wells; at these types of holy wells, they are sometimes known as rag trees, for the strips of cloth which are tied to them as part of healing rituals. 'When all fruit fails, welcome haws' was once a common expression in Ireland. According to a medieval legend, the Glastonbury thorn, ""C. monogyna"" 'Biflora', which flowers twice annually, was supposed to have miraculously grown from a walking stick planted by Joseph of Arimathea at Glastonbury in Somerset, England. The original"