The Feast of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
The Mass of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, approved by Pope Nicholas, …it is powerful on their behalf, however so much one is in great illness or anguish or sadness, or in whatsoever tribulation a man shall be. It is powerful also on behalf of the imprisoned and detained, on behalf of merchants and pilgrims, for those that have been sentenced to die, for those who are at war, for women who are struggling in childbirth, or with a miscarriage, and for (the forgiveness of) sins, and for the dead.
Almighty and merciful God, who didst adorn Thy Saints George, Blase, Erasmus, Pantaleon, Vitus, Christopher, Denis, Cyriacus, Acacius, Eustace, Giles, Margaret, Barbara and Catherine with special privileges above all others, so that all who in their necessities implore their help, according to the grace of Thy promise, may attain the salutary effect of their pleading, grant to us, we beseech Thee, forgiveness of our sins, and with their merits interceding, deliver us from all adversities, and kindly hear our prayers.
The alterpiece of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, from the now-suppressed Heilbronn Abbey in the Baden-Württemberg region of Germany, 1498.
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The Fourteen are all martyrs, except for Saint Giles; as is so often the case with the medieval conception of patron Saints, the diseases they are associated with refer in several cases to the manner of their martyrdom. Thus, Saint Acacius, who was crowned with thorns, and Saint Denis, who was decapitated, are invoked against headache. In some places, one or the other of the traditional fourteen was replaced with a more popular local Saint; in France, the Virgin Mary was added to the group, and they were called the Fifteen Helpers. Under this later title, the devotion was formally suppressed by the Sacred Congregation of Rites in 1628, the prohibition against it then being renewed on various occasions. It is not at all clear what lead the Congregation to this action; the decree of suppression associates the Mass of the Holy Helpers with certain Masses “circulated under the name of Saint Gregory for the living and the dead”, and another Mass “of the Eternal Father.” It may simply be that such Masses were regarded as inauthentic additions to the Roman Rite, being unknown at Rome itself. The devotion continued, however, and is still found in various places; there is a large pilgrimage shrine dedicated to them in Bad Staffelstein, Bavaria, and many churches have altars in their honor. In his 2009 series on the Catholic churches of Bamberg, Gregor Kollmorgen wrote about the Basilica, and provided some beautiful pictures.
Source: http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2019/08/the-feast-of-fourteen-holy-helpers.html
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