Weeping Angel - Lake St. Louis, MO USA
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N 38° 46.007 W 090° 48.255
15S E 690766 N 4293186
This tombstone is in a cemetery created in 1975 as the "Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Cemetery", now called "Catholic Cemetery of Our Lady"
Waymark Code: WM17ZAV
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2023
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County of tombstone: St. Charles County
Location of cemetery & tombstone: Orf Road, ½ block W of Lake Saint Louis Blvd., Lake St. Louis
Cemetery Created: 1975
Number of graves: 1,643
This angel is different from most, as she is draped over, and part of the tombstone; with a single lily across the front barely held in her finger tips.
Fromm the rear she is on her tip-toes so she can rest her head and arms in grief over the stone.
This Weeping Angel is a variation of the 1894 statue by William Wetmore Story in the Protestant Cemetery in Rome.
"Angel of Grief or the Weeping Angel is an 1894 sculpture by William Wetmore Story for the grave of his wife Emelyn Story at the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. Its full title bestowed by the creator was The Angel of Grief Weeping Over the Dismantled Altar of Life." ~ Wikipedia
"In various theistic religious traditions an angel is a supernatural spiritual being who serves God.
"Abrahamic religions often depict angels as benevolent celestial intermediaries between God (or Heaven) and humanity. Other roles include protectors and guides for humans, and servants of God. Abrahamic religions describe angelic hierarchies, which vary by religion and sect. Some angels have specific names (such as Gabriel or Michael) or titles (such as seraph or archangel). Those expelled from Heaven are called fallen angels, distinct from the heavenly host.
"Angels in art are usually shaped like humans of extraordinary beauty. They are often identified in Christian artwork with bird wings, halos, and divine light.
"The rendering of "ángelos" is the Septuagint's default translation of the Biblical Hebrew term mal'akh, denoting simply "messenger" without connoting its nature. In the Latin Vulgate, this meaning becomes bifurcated: when mal'akh or ángelos is supposed to denote a human messenger, words like nuntius or legatus are applied. If the word refers to some supernatural being, the word angelus appears. Such differentiation has been taken over by later vernacular translations of the Bible, early Christian and Jewish exegetes and eventually modern scholars.
"In Zoroastrianism there are different angel-like figures. For example, each person has one guardian angel, called Fravashi. They patronize human beings and other creatures, and also manifest God's energy. The Amesha Spentas have often been regarded as angels, although there is no direct reference to them conveying messages, but are rather emanations of Ahura Mazda ("Wise Lord", God); they initially appeared in an abstract fashion and then later became personalized, associated with various aspects of creation." ~ Wikipedia
Tombstone Text:
BASILE
TOGETHER FOREVER
TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE
FATHER MOTHER DAUGHTER
ROBERT G. LILY D. LAURA ANN
"BOB" "DOLORES' [blank]
JUNE 10, 1927 MAR. 30, 1929 AUG. 24, 1945
DEC. 19, 2006 FEB. 3, 2008 JUNE 5, 2019