The funerary marker of Rev. P.F. Cummins in the basement crypt of St. Michael's Cathedral.
REV. P. F. CUMMINS
DIED July 17, 1862.
AGED
26
YEARS.
Father died young. One summer day was his last day on this earth.
Memento mori.
The spiritual blog-child of J.P. Sonnen's Orbis Catholicus, StMichaelsCathedral.blogspot.com looks at the architecture, objects, and people at St. Michael's Cathedral, Toronto.
I believe the latin phrase is more accurately:
ReplyDeleteMemento Mori - Remember death ( Remember you will die )
There is no such word as momento in latin.
Cheers, Puff the Magic Dragon
Of course you are right. An oversight - mea culpa - I fixed it now. Thanks
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