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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 9557893, member: 54&quot;]Cool, never would have guessed, excellent work Deb!&nbsp; Now I’ll throw in a thought I had.&nbsp; This was found buried near a mission.&nbsp; At USNA in the chapel a large old sailing warship was suspended over the pews.&nbsp; It was a votive ship.&nbsp; “</p><p><font size="6"><b>Votive Offerings</b></font></p><p><i><a href="https://gumroad.com/l/na2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://gumroad.com/l/na2" rel="nofollow"><b>Please help support the mission of New Advent</b> and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more — all for only $19.99...</a></i></p><p><br /></p><p>The general name given to those things vowed or dedicated to <a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06608a.htm" rel="nofollow">God</a>, or a <a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04171a.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04171a.htm" rel="nofollow">saint</a>, and in consequence looked upon as set apart by this act of <a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04276a.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04276a.htm" rel="nofollow">consecration</a>. The <a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07630a.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07630a.htm" rel="nofollow">idea</a> is very old (Dhorme, &quot;Choix des textes religeux assyro-babyloniens&quot;, XXXVII, Paris, 1907; Aristotle, ”</p><p><br /></p><p>SINCE this cannon was given the name of a saint, and isn’t useful as a weapon, and bears the name of the donor, it seems to meet the qualifications for a votive object.</p><p><br /></p><p>And since you told us the Sargento Mayor was a high position, probably a general, it is much more likely he’d make a generous votive offering than a lower rank.</p><p><br /></p><p>Possible?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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