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Description
Title
Porta
Coeli
Cemetery
Photograph
Subject
Ohio Women
Religion in Ohio
Nuns
Cemeteries
Place
Sylvania (Ohio)
Lucas County (Ohio)
Description
This
photograph
shows
the
Altar
of the
Crucifixion
in the
Porta
Coeli
Cemetery
on the
Sisters
of
St
.
Francis
motherhouse
grounds
in
Sylvania
,
Ohio
. In the
mausoleum
behind
the
altar
are the
mortal
remains
of the
foundress
,
Mother
M
.
Adelaide
,
who
died
on
July
4
,
1964
. The
stones
in the
left
foreground
are
headstones
for
other
sisters
,
all
of
which
are at
ground
level
. This
photograph
was
taken
in
1965
and
measures
6.25
"
x
6.75
"
(15.88
x
17.15
cm)
.
Porta
Coeli
Cemetery
was
laid
out
in
1937
so
that the
deceased
members
of the
Sisters
of
St
.
Francis
of
Sylvania
could
be
buried
on the
motherhouse
grounds
,
thus
establishing
a
stronger
bond
of
union
between
the
living
and the
dead
. The
Stations
of the
Cross
,
which
are a
distinctive
Franciscan
devotion
, are
erected
around
the
cemetery
.
Archbishop
Karl
Alter
,
bishop
of
Toledo
,
blessed
the
cemetery
with a
special
ceremony
in
1942
.
Date of Original
1965
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Sisters of St. Francis
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1678_1821014_001.tif
Image Height
2180
Image Width
1968
File Size
1173.628 KB
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Format
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