Resolution for a Student Vow to the Blessed Virgin for Protection Against Cholera

Author

Xavier University (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Files

Creation Date

1849-06-27

Keywords

St. Xavier College; College students; Students; Cholera; Crowns; Cholera--Religious aspects; Epidemics

Description

Handwritten resolution recorded by St. Xavier College students resolving to pay for and make two golden crowns to be placed on their respective images in the chapel of the sodality of the Blessed Virgin should the students be spared from the cholera epidemic, which swept through Cincinnati in summer 1849. An addendum appears at the bottom of the page dated December 7, 1904 noting that the crowns had been repaired and beautified in honor of the Golden Jubilee of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, 1904.

Spatial Coverage

Cincinnati (Ohio)

Type

Text

Format

application/.pdf

Language

English

Item Identifier

jrc_b2f8_18490627_01

Collection

St. Xavier College Records

Repository

University Archives and Special Collections, University Library, Xavier University

Preferred Citation

Resolution for a Student Vow to the Blessed Virgin for Protection Against Cholera, June 27, 1849, St. Xavier College Records, University Archives and Special Collections, University Library, Xavier University

Rights Statement

This item is in the public domain. Please credit source as University Archives and Special Collections, University Library, Xavier University.