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On Sun, 17 Oct 1999 [log in to unmask] wrote: > Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 11:54:40 +0000 > From: [log in to unmask] > Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: 39 Articles > > > One tricky part about the insertion of Constantinople into the list of > > patriarchs was the political rationale, privileging New Rome. For this > > reason (as I understand it) the cult of Andrew was cultivated, providing a > > link to an apostle. Peter was tied to Rome & (previously) to Antioch; > > and he was tied to Alexandria through Mark. Jerusalem's apostolic lineage > > was through James (see Acts). > > One of Constantine's prominent foundations in Constantinople was the > Church of the Holy Apostles, which at some point became the imperial > mausoleum, but I can't remember whether Constantine himself was > buried there. This was where, I believe, the relics of St Andrew > were kept. Constantine also, of course, founded St Peter's Basilica > in Rome, not to mention the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in > Jerusalem. > Cheers, > Jim Bugslag > Andrew's head was brought to rome in the reign of Pius II; see his Andreis & his commentaries. Thomas Palaeologus, despot of Morea, brought it; and an elaborate ceremony was staged to receive it. I believe that it now resides in S. Andrea della valle, best known otherwise as a setting in Tosca. Tom Izbicki %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%