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Built thanks to the generosity of the family of Senator Jean-Marie Bayol, Saint-Joseph's oratory stands at the corner of rue des Frères mineurs and route de Sénas.
This oratory was rebuilt almost identically, but using modern materials, in 1984 after the original was destroyed by a vehicle. All that remains of the old oratory is the wrought-iron cross. The statue of the saint is housed in a semicircular niche.
We took advantage of the reconstruction to move it slightly for its safety.
A few words about Saint Joseph: Saint Joseph was the head of the Holy Family. He took care of everything necessary for the Virgin Mary and Jesus. He is therefore the patron saint of families, fathers, craftsmen, workers and the dying (he died surrounded by Christ and the Blessed Virgin).
Many Catholics entrust their material affairs to his prayers: a job search, an apartment search....
Moreover, because he was a just man, many Catholics ask for his intercession to discern their vocation, to find the right husband, the right wife...
St. Joseph is celebrated on March 19. His feast day was very popular with craftsmen (he was a carpenter) and then with workers (for the latter, within the limits of their availability).
Regrettably, the base was made of modern materials when the oratory was moved following a road accident that damaged it. The ashlar shaft has been strengthened and enlarged, the niche is arched and the slightly rounded roof placed on a cornice, all topped by a wrought-iron cross.
This cross once stood on Place de la Croix, now Place Thiers.
This oratory was erected by the Brotherhood of Winegrowers and Cultivators.
In days gone by, people would stop here on the day of the April 25 procession, on their way back from mass celebrated in the Saint-Pierre-de-Vence chapel.
This tradition continues to this day, with the blessing of the fields, crops and herds, and the traditional meal of cabri and alfalfa omelette (2-2-3).
A few words about Saint-Marc, Sant-Marc in Provençal: Saint-Marc is depicted holding a book in his left hand and a feather in his right. A lion sits at his feet.
Saint Mark, evangelist disciple of the apostles Peter and Paul, came by boat to evangelize the Po Valley region of Italy.
He was shipwrecked in the lagoon that would later, in 452, give birth to Venice.
Captured and tortured in Alexandria, Egypt, he died a martyr in the year 60.
The oratory features a slender square shaft, an arched niche and a cornice. The slightly pyramidal roof would have held a cross. The niche houses a statue of the saint, with his head resting in his hand.
It was erected during the 1883 mission.
The date engraved on the base commemorates this mission, as well as Gaspard REY, Eyguières parish priest from 1872 to 1892, and Léopold Roquebrune, curate from 1881 to 1885.
A few words about Saint-Symphorien, Sant-Sifourian in Provençal: a native of Autun, Symphorien was martyred around the year 180, probably under Marcus Aurelius. Having refused to worship the emperor, he was beheaded in his twentieth year.
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