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The
Pietà (pl. same;
Italian for
pity) is a subject in Christian art depicting
the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of
Jesus, most often found in
sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the devotional theme of
Our Lady of Sorrows, and also a scene from the
Passion of Christ.
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Saint Peter's Square, or
Saint Peter's Piazza (
Italian:
Piazza San Pietro), is located directly in front of
St. Peter's Basilica in
Vatican City, the
papal enclave within
Rome (the Piazza borders to the East the
rione of
Borgo). The open space which lies before the basilica was redesigned by
Gian Lorenzo Bernini from
1656 to
1667, under the direction of
Pope Alexander VII.
Oil-on-panel portrait of Sir Thomas More by Hans Holbein the Younger (1527)
Thomas More was a lawyer and political figure in 16th century England, best remembered as Henry VIII's Lord Chancellor.
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Notre Dame de Paris, known simply as
Notre Dame in
English , is a
Gothic cathedral on the eastern half of the
Île de la Cité in
Paris,
France, with its main entrance to the west. It is still used as a
Roman Catholic cathedral and is the seat of the
Archbishop of Paris.
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Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (usually shortened to
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) is a
Roman Catholic cathedral in
Liverpool,
England. It replaced the Pro-Cathedral of
St. Nicholas, Copperas Hill. The cathedral is the seat of the
Archbishop of Liverpool, the mother church of Liverpool's Catholics, and the metropolitan church of the
ecclesiastical Northern Province.
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St. Vitus Cathedral (
Czech:
Katedrála svatého Víta) is a
Roman Catholic cathedral in
Prague,
Czech Republic, and the seat of the
Archbishop of Prague. The full name of the cathedral is
St. Vitus, St. Wenceslas and St. Adalbert Cathedral. Located within
Prague Castle and containing the tombs of many
Bohemian kings, this cathedral is an excellent example of
Gothic architecture and is the biggest and most important church in the country.
The Seven Sacraments
by Rogier van der Weyden (ca.1448)
"The seven
sacraments,
Baptism,
Confirmation or
Chrismation,
Eucharist,
Penance,
Anointing of the Sick,
Holy Orders, and
Matrimony, instituted by
Christ and entrusted to the Church, are efficacious signs of grace perceptible to the senses. They assist individuals in their spiritual progress and growth in holiness.
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6th century mosaic in
Ravenna portrays Jesus dressed as a
philosopher king in a cloak of
Tyrian purple. He appears as the
Pantokrator enthroned as in the
Book of Revelation, with the characteristic
Christian cross inscribed in the
halo behind his head.
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Joan of Arc, or
Jeanne d'Arc in French ,(c.
1412 –
May 30,
1431) was a
15th century national
heroine of
France. She was tried and executed for heresy when she was only 19 years old. The judgment was broken by the Pope and she was declared innocent and a
martyr 24 years later. She was
beatified in 1909 and
canonized as a
saint in 1920.
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Intercession of
Charles Borromeo supported by the Virgin Mary by
Johann Michael Rottmayr.The son of Giberto II Borromeo,
conte (
count) of
Arona, and Margherita
de' Medici, Carlo Borromeo was born at the castle of Arona on
Lago Maggiore. The aristocratic
Borromeo family's coat of arms included the
Borromean rings, sometimes taken to symbolize the
Holy Trinity.
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Leonardo da Vinci's cartoon The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist combines two themes popular in
Florentine painting of the
15th century: the
Virgin and
Child with
St John the Baptist and the Virgin and Child with
St Anne.
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The Façade of
Notre Dame de Paris , showing the Portal of the
Virgin, Portal of the
Last Judgement and Portal of
St-Anne.
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The School of Athens or "
Scuola di Atene" in
Italian is one of the most famous
paintings by the
Italian Renaissance artist
Raphael. It was painted between 1509 and 1510 as a part of Raphael's commission to decorate with
frescoes the rooms that are now known as the
Stanze di Raffaello, in the
Apostolic Palace in the
Vatican.
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The
Felbrigge Psalter is an
illuminated manuscript Psalter from mid-thirteenth century
England that has an
embroidered bookbinding which probably dates to the early fourteenth century.The embroidery is worked in fine linen with an illustration of the
Annunciation on the front cover and an illustration of the
Crucifixion on the back.
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The
chapel of the
Palace of Versailles, one of the palace's grandest interiors. Located in
Versailles,
France, Versailles is famous not only as a building, but as a symbol of the system of
absolute monarchy which
Louis XIV espoused. Originally the royal hunting lodge when he decided to move there in 1660, the building was expanded over the next few decades to become the largest palace in Europe. Louis XIV officially moved in 1682 and the Court of Versailles was the centre of power in
Ancien Régime France until the royal family was forced to return to the capital in 1789.
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Our Lady of Sorrows Basilica (officially:
The Basilica Of Our Lady Of Sorrows) is a
Roman Catholic house of worship in the west side neighborhoods of
Chicago, Illinois in the
United States. Located at 3121 West Jackson Boulevard, it is along with
St. Hyacinth and
Queen of All Saints, one of only three churches in
Illinois designated by the
Pope with the title of
basilica.
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The
Trevi Fountain is the largest — standing 25.9 meters (85 feet) high and 19.8 meters (65 feet) wide — and most ambitious of the
Baroque fountains of
Rome.Competitions had become the rage during the
Baroque era to design buildings, fountains, and even the
Spanish Steps. In 1730
Pope Clement XII organized a contest in which
Nicola Salvi initially lost to
Alessandro Galilei — but due to the outcry in Rome over the fact that a Florentine won, Salvi was awarded the commission anyway.Work began in 1732, and the fountain was completed in 1762, long after Clement's death, when
Pietro Bracci's '
Neptune' was set in the central niche.
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The Tomb of
Brother André.When Brother André died, a million people filed before his coffin. His heart is preserved in a
monstrance in the oratory. It was stolen in March 1973, but recovered in December 1974. He was
beatified by
Pope John Paul II on
May 23,
1982. The miracle cited in the beatification was the healing in
1958 of Giuseppe Carlo Audino, who suffered from cancer.
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