Four Holy Marshals

thumb|right|250px|right|Saint Catherine of Alexandria with two of the Four Holy Marshals: Saint Quirinus (left) and Saint Hubertus (middle). The small kneeling figure is the donor.
The Four Holy Marshals (Vier Marschälle Gottes or just Vier Marschälle) were four saints venerated in the Rhineland, especially at Cologne, Liège, Aachen, and Eifel.marschaelle They were conceived as standing particularly close to throne of God, and thus powerful intercessors.Vier Marschälle - Kathpedia Their joint veneration is comparable to that of the Fourteen Holy Helpers, who were also venerated in the Rhineland.
They were considered “marshals of God” and were invoked against diseases and epidemics during the Middle Ages.
Evidence of their cult is testified by documentation dating from 1478; however, the joint cult of these four saints may have existed earlier.Vier heilige Marschälle - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon The cult reached its high point in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and diminished by the seventeenth. There were churches dedicated to them at Hüngersdorf, Schleiden, and in the Mariwald.Die Kapelle 
==The Four Holy Marshals==
The four saints are:
Name (Alternate) 	Feast day 	Patronage
Quirinus of Neuss (Quirin) 	cMarch 30, April 30	Against smallpox and goiter
(Hubert) 	nNovember 3 	Against rabies and dog bites
 	aSeptember 16 	Against cramps and epilepsy
Saint Anthony the Great(Antonius, Antony)	mJanuary 17 	invoked against the plague
In terms of protection over animals, Anthony was the patron of pigs, Cornelius cattle, Hubertus dogs, and Quirinus horses. In addition, each saint had its own particular place of special veneration: Anthony was venerated at Cologne, Hubertus at St-Hubert in the Ardennes, Cornelius at Aachen, and Quirinus at Neuss.
Image:Mathis Gothart Grünewald 029.jpg|Anthony the Great
Image:Heiliger Cornelius.jpg|Pope Cornelius
Image:Meister des Marienlebens von Werden 001.jpg|Hubertus
Image:Neuss Siegel.jpg|Quirinus 
==See also==
*Fourteen Holy Helpers
*military saint
== References ==
==External links==
* Vier heilige Marschälle
* Das war Papst Cornelius
* Einer der vier hl. Marschälle
* Der Heilige mit dem Horn/Beschützer des Hornviehs
* Helfer bei der Kornelkrankheit
* Verehrung und Bräuche
* Der Raub der vier heiligen Marschälle
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Category:Christian folklore
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