The Se Cathedral bell, cast in situ, is, I've always been told, is argentine, cast in appropriated Goan silver.
The late Patron(ess) of Goa is St. Catherine of Alexandria, of the cart-wheels fame. It being her feast-day when Afonso de Albuquerque landed his contigent, he dedicated the Cathedral in her honour. Also, I believe, Blessed Jose Vaz has been Vatican-bulled(?) as,current, Patron Saint of Goa. Being not canonized is no hurdle for such nomination....beatification signifying full bestowal of sainthood. Thus the Bl. is a saint(elec), in its full contonation, except that the date to formalize the event has not, yet, been arrived upon (due mostly to pragmatic socio-political conditions obtaining in his/her land). Thus the reason for Blessed Rudolf Aquaviva & his fellow jesuits, allegedly martyred in Cuncolim, languishing, in canonical limbo, these past four plus centuries. Post-beatification miracle, according to a Jesuit, knowlegable in the intricacies of hagiology is more a reforcement of the original proposition. Whereas, a venerated aspirant to sainthood is cleared for just that: veneration. Prayers may be directed him for his intercession and, mostly, in the region he is held up in, his cult is held high. Alfred de Tavares, Stockholm, 2013-08 Chacha....a possible aspirant > Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 20:18:04 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Goanet] Golden Bell > > Se Cathedral, Old Goa > http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra4/9458406827/ > > Larger view > http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukextra4/9458406827/sizes/h/ > > with 3 embossed emblems / marks > > [email protected]
