The High Altar in St. Aedan's Catholic Church
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At the center of the Sanctuary stands the high altar the church. This is the most important object in the church. It is where Mass is celebrated. In the Catholic Church the altar recalls the table at the Last Supper. This high altar of white marble, donated by Mayor Hague in memory of his parents.
Towering over the altar is a beautiful marble canopy or baldachin. This marble baldachin over the tabernacle sits on six columns rising from the floor in a semi-circular design. It is decorated with a mural on the underside of its dome and mosaic peacocks on the exterior of the canopy.
Panzironi's selection of the symbol of the peacock, the university's mascot, and a familiar image in Roman Catholic iconography; two peacocks represent the duality of the earthly and the divine in human nature. They appear in the mosaic at the apex of the baldachin over the high altar
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The High Altar in St. Aedan's Catholic Church, St. Aedan's, Catholic Church, Church, Archdiocese of Newark, Romanesque Architecture, Bergen Avenue, Mercer Street, McGinley Square, Jersey City, Hudson County, Gateway Region, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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