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Holy Name of Jesus

In 15th century, the Franciscan Bernardine of Siena actively promoted devotion to the Holy Name. At the end of his sermons he usually displayed the trigram IHS on a tablet of gold letters. Bernardine would then ask the audience to "worship the Redeemer of mankind". Given that this practice had an unorthodox air, he was brought before Pope Martin V, who instead of rebuking Bernardine,he encouraged this practice and joined a procession for it in Rome. The devotion to Holy Name became so popular in Italy that the IHS trigram was often inscribed over the doorways of houses. The tablet used by Bernardine is now venerated in basilica of Santa Maria in Aracoeli in Rome.

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