The High Altar in St. Aedan's Catholic Church

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-18T14:57:09Z
dc.date.available2026-05-18T14:57:09Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-22
dc.descriptionAt 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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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/156176
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dc.subjectThe High Altar in St. Aedan's Catholic Church
dc.subjectSt. Aedan's
dc.subjectCatholic Church
dc.subjectChurch
dc.subjectArchdiocese of Newark
dc.subjectRomanesque Architecture
dc.subjectBergen Avenue
dc.subjectMercer Street
dc.subjectMcGinley Square
dc.subjectJersey City
dc.subjectHudson County
dc.subjectGateway Region
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.titleThe High Altar in St. Aedan's Catholic Church

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