Photographer/Creator

Chet Smolski, Rhode Island College

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Description

The stations of the cross were codified by Leonardo of Porto Maurizo, a Franciscan, who established the fourteen stations along Christs walk with the cross. This photograph is of the fifth station, as represented in the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. The Via Dolorosa is modern approximation of Christs walk to his crucifixion. At the fifth station, the tradition holds that the Romans pulled an onlooker, Simon of Cyrene, to help Christ carry the cross.

Notes

Murray, Peter and Linda. The Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996), 505-506

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This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.

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Recommended Citation

Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, MSS-0041, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.

Keywords

via dolorosa, stations of the cross, jerusalem, pilgrims, pilgrimage

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