Revelation of God in the Old Testament - OLC Chapel & SPUP History Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering key places, relics, window types, historical figures, and architectural features mentioned in the INT REL 101 lecture notes on Our Lady of Chartres Chapel.

Plaza de Martires

Also known as the Place of the Martyrs (mini cemetery), where bones believed to belong to Japanese Soldiers and unborn fetuses are buried, serving as a remembrance for beatified martyr-priests Padre Pedro Ibañez Alonzo and Padre Inocencio Garcia Diez.

Labyrinth

Known as The Path of Grace, a space designed for prayers, meditation, and realignment, associated with a myth that completing it grants a wish.

Our Lady of Chartres Chapel (OLC)

A central chapel replica of the Chartres Cathedral in SPUP, built through the initiative of former University President Sister Remy Angela Julio, SPC as a centenary gift to the Cagayanos.

Cruciform Church

The chapel design representing the open arms of Jesus Christ welcoming and blessing those entering the university and chapel.

First Class Relics

Relics consisting of body parts of a saint.

Second Class Relics

Relics consisting of something worn by a saint.

Third Class Relics

Relics consisting of something touched by a First Class Relic, such as cloth wrapping the bone of a saint.

Clerestory Windows

A set of 26 stained glass windows designed for the passage of air and light.

Lancet Windows

A set of 72 stained glass windows shaped like an arch, sword, or lancet.

Rose Windows

A set of 3 stained glass windows that symbolize heaven and eternity.

Kraut Art Glass

The studio that crafted and custom-made the stained glass windows in Our Lady of Chartres Chapel.

Ambulatory / Main Lancet Series

The area where the Tabernacle containing the sacramental presence of Jesus is located.

Fr. Louis Chauvet

The founder of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC).

Mother Micheau / Marie Micheau

The first recruit, first superior, and first teacher of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC).

Mère Marie-Anne de Tilly

The co-foundress of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC).

Barbe Foucault

The first elected Superior General of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC).

Levesville

The location where the Paulinian story and the origins of the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (SPC) began.

Fleur-de-lis

The royal emblem of France, depicted in quatrefoil panels between the rings.

St. Michael

The Archangel depicted in the North Transept right side lancet windows designated as the Protector.

St. Gabriel

The Archangel depicted in the North Transept right side lancet windows designated as the Messenger.

St. Raphael

The Archangel featured in the South Transept right side lancet windows known as the healer.

Jesse Window

The right central lancet window depicting the genealogy and ancestry of Christ from Jesse, the father of King David.

St. Lorenzo Ruiz

The first Filipino saint, represented in the central area right bay lancets.

Quatrefoil Panels

Four-leafed rosette panels read in narrative order from bottom to left to center to right to top.