Matthias Church on the Castle Hill in Budapest, Hungary for Weathervane Wednesday

It is difficult to see in the photo below, but there are three weathervanes on the facade of the Matthias Church. Above the main door to the entrance there is a weathercock, and to the left are two banners. The rooster is a common weathervane above churches, ever since the 9th century Papal degree by Nicholas I stated that all churches display a rooster as a Christian symbol (acknowleging repentence for St. Peter's denial of Jesus three times before the cock crowed). The banner weathervanes were probably once painted with some sort of symbol or crest or royal standard. The Matthias Church is inside the Buda Castle complex above the city of Budapest, Hungary. This church dates back to 1015. The official name is the Coronation Church of Our Lady, and it was founded by St. Stephen, the first king of Hungary. There is a statue to St. Stephen next to the church. The name of the church doesn't refer to St. Matthias, but to King Matthias Corvinus the Fair, who expanded the church in the 15th…