The Republican journal., 1900-06-21

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dows of stained glass. through which
the light filters like rainbow arches, in
a thousand roSeate, azure and golden
hues. There is a tifty-foot wide nave
and four aisleS, and the ceiling. 1l6 feet
above, rests upon eighty eight marble
pillars. These piers resolve themselves
into groups of shafts. some of which
continuing to rise and bending with the
| graceful curve of palm. reach and sup
port the groined roof of the nave. The
choir is filled with superb carved work
divided by jasper columns: and around
the high altar are magnificent tombs of
early Kings and Cardinals - Alfonzo
| VII. Sancho del Deseado. Sancho Ell
| Bravo, and the Infante Don Pedro.
High above all, in the place of greatest
| honor. enclosed i'll an urn of bronze and
silver. repose the bones of Cardinal
MendoZa-he who suggested the plans
| that brought to successful issue the
siege of Grenada. His lineage was one
of the noblest in CASTLE, and he recon-
ciled within himself the apparently in
consistent qualities of priest warrior
and statesman. AS his tomb sets forth.
he held the title of Tertills Rex Third
King of SPAIN from the degree III
which he shared the sovereignty with
Ferdinand and Isabella
Cardinal Nimenes too-the great pre-
late who was once the obscure Fran
ciscan Friar. occupies a splendid niche.
above which hangs his scarlet silNen
hat. covered with the accumulated dust
of three hundred and fifty years
Every Spanish cathedral is a kind of
Westminster Abbey. and this of Toledo
is particularly rich in famous tombs.
| Each OF It's twenty chapels- fifty six
feet long by fifty wide, ll6 feet high and
in form like the cathedral itself-is as
large as many churches: each contains
its illustrious dead, and paintings by
the old masters and war-Wom trophies
of Spain's proudest triumphs. On
the altar of one of them lies the sword
of Alfonso V ,conqueror of Toledo: over
another stands the crucitiX which was
raised upon the walls of the Alham-
| do, ;,,+ ~ II 4
la Mayor, hang the banners taken in
the victory of Las Navas de Tolosa,
! which forever broke the MoSlem power,
and the standard by the royal galley at
the battle of Lepanto.
One of the most interesting chapels
is that of San Ildefonso, founded by
Alfonso Wills fighting primate, away
back in earliest times. and much i'm
proved 10y Gil de Albornoz. who was
buried within it in the year 1850. The
saint was born i'll Toledo and was a
famous advocate of the doctrine of the
immaculate Conception, twelve cen
turieS before it was proclaimed by Plus
TX. Tradition tells us that the Virgin,
in gratitude to Saint Ildefonso, once
came down from heaven and sat in his
seat in the cathedral: and again she APP
peared in the same place and put the
haSSock on his shoulders. OF course
this holy garment is preserved in the
chapel, st. Ildefonso became primate of
Toledo, where he died, in the year 6l7,
and was buried at the feet of Santa
Leocadia. During the Moorish inva-
sion his body was carried off, together
with that of Leocadia. and was, lost for
more than six hundred years: until, in
the year 1910, Toledan shepherd.
caught in the cathedral at Zamora and
suspected of being thief. replied: 81
was led here by san Ildefonso. who
appeared i'll person, walked before
me to this spot and then vanished -
Thereupon Alfonso Will had the place
dug; a body was found, and a chapel
built over it, wherein astonishing mira
cles were performed. AS Zaragoza
claimed the primary of Aragon because
the Virgin appeared there to Santiago,
so Toledo owes its elevation in CASTLE
to her visits to San Tdefonso. Accord
ingly, Cardinal Royas erected a shrine
over the spot where she stood-a lofty,
: pyramidal pile, of open Gothic work,
richly carved, which has reliefs repre-
J senting details of the story. The very
slab of red jasper on which the Virgin
stood is here preserved, rallied off and
inscribed 'Adorabimus in loco ubi
steterunt pedes ejus;' and the multi
tude have worn the stone away with
their kisses The Virgins wardrobe,
which one may inspect by paying a
small sum, is sight indeed. Her man
tie, of silver and gold cloth, is embroid-
> cred with Seventy-eight thousand real