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This painting illustrates the Roman widow Irene nursing Saint Sebastian back to health after he was discovered to be a Christian and shot with arrows by Roman archers. Writhing in pain, Saint Sebastian looks heavenward as Saint Irene pulls arrows from his pierced body. Vicente López y Portaña dynamically composed...
Saint Theodore of Amasea is one of the two recognized saints called Theodore who are venerated as warrior saints and Great Martyrs in the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. He is also known as Theodore Tyron. Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason.com/content/images/2021/03/saint-theodorus-catholic-coloring-page_o.JPG]...
Solemn mass of thanksgiving for the 25 years of the priestly fraternity of Saint Peter. Solemn mass in the extraordinary form of the Roman rite, in thanksgiving for the 25 years of the priestly brotherhood of Saint-Pierre in the Saint Sulpice church in Paris. Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason....
God the Father sits enthroned, holding the crucified Christ with the Holy Spirit between them, all three dominating the composition. Together they represent the Trinity, the central doctrine of the Christian faith, in which all three are united as one. This recently discovered altarpiece was carefully designed for the kneeling...
Bavo is the patron saint of Ghent, Zellik, and Lauwe in Belgium, and Haarlem in the Netherlands. His feast in the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church is October 1. He is most often shown in Christian art as a knight with a sword and falcon. The most popular scene...
Saint John Church of Sohrol, a 5th or 6th century Armenian Catholic church in Sohrol, Iran, rebuilt by Samson Makintsev (Sam Khan) in 1840. Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason.com/content/images/2021/03/Holy_SURP_Hovhannes_Church_o.jpg] 1200px [https://sdcason.com/content/images/size/w1200/2021/...
Le Sueur depicts Christ on the cross, still alive, alone in a rocky and mountainous landscape. Following an older tradition in art, he is represented attached to the cross with four nails. As he hangs dying, blood trickles from his feet and hands onto the cross and the rock of...
It is believed that Luke was born a Greek and a Gentile. Luke's gospel shows special sensitivity to evangelizing Gentiles. It is only in his gospel that we hear the parable of the Good Samaritan, that we hear Jesus praising the faith of Gentiles such as the widow...
Catholic Church of Christ the King is a heritage-listed Catholic church building located at Macarthur Street, Taralga, Upper Lachlan Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Sydney Smith of Ogg & Serpell and built from in 1934 by R. M. Bowcock. It is also known as Church of...
Large Roman ruins loom in the background, against which excited figures engage in a brutal murder. In the shadowy right foreground, Saint Stephen kneels in prayer; behind him a shirtless man takes aim with a large rock. All around, people scurry to pick up rocks to hurl at the defenseless...
St. John Vianney, also called Curé d’Ars, (May 8, 1786—August 4, 1859; canonized May 31, 1925; feast day August 4), French priest who was renowned as a confessor and for his supernatural powers. He is the patron saint of parish priests. Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason.com/...
A photo of a Roman Catholic parish church Saint Ulrich in Obertilliach, East Tyrol (Austria). Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https://sdcason.com/content/images/2021/03/Obertilliach_Pfarrkirche_St_Ulrich_04_o.jpg] 1200px [https://sdcason.com/content/images/size/w1200/2021/03/Obertilliach_Pfarrkirche_St_Ulrich_04.jpg] 800px...
Dosso Dossi depicts Saint George in the aftermath of his legendary battle with the dragon, wielding the creature's bloodied head and the lance broken during the fight. The victorious saint emerges from the darkness as a rainbow breaks through the storm clouds above. Dossi poignantly expressed his subject&...
Saint Augustine, the famous son of St. Monica, was born in Africa and spent many years of his life in wicked living and in false beliefs. Though he was one of the most intelligent men who ever lived and though he had been brought up a Christian, his sins of...
St. Andrew's Catholic Church is a historic Roman Catholic church and rectory in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. It was built in 1900-1902, and is a buff brick church on a stone foundation in the High Victorian Gothic style. It has a cruciform plan and features two tall Gothic...
Jesus Calming the Storm has always been a popular subject for Christian painters. Here are a few examples.
John the Baptist is mentioned by the Roman Jewish historian Josephus and revered as a major religious figure in Christianity. He is considered a prophet by many faiths, and is honored as a saint in many Christian traditions. According to the New Testament, John anticipated a messianic figure greater than...
This is a Latin Mass celebrated by the priests of the Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP). The FSSP consists of priests and seminarians who intend to pursue the goal of Christian perfection by offering the Mass and other sacraments according to the Roman Rite as it existed before the liturgical...
Paolo de Matteis (also known as Paolo de' Matteis; 9 February 1662 – 26 January 1728) was an Italian painter. He was born in Piano Vetrale, a hamlet of Orria, in the current Province of Salerno, and died in Naples. He trained with Francesco di Maria in Naples, then with...
The open field system of agriculture dominated most of Europe during medieval times and endured until the nineteenth century in many areas. Under this system, peasants lived on a manor presided over by a lord or a bishop of the church. Peasants paid rent or labor services to the lord...
Incense has been employed in worship by Christians since antiquity, particularly in the Orthodox Christian churches, the Roman Catholic Church/Eastern Catholic, and some Anglican and Lutheran Churches. The practice is rooted in the earlier traditions of Judaism in the time of the Second Jewish Temple. The smoke of burning...
Peter van Liesebetten or Pieter van Lisebetten (1630 – 1678) was an engraver from the Southern Netherlands. Liesebetten was born in Antwerp and is known for engravings after old master paintings, most notably a selection of paintings for David Teniers the Younger for his Theatrum Pictorium. Free Downloads Below Hi-Res [https:...
Saint Etton was born in Ireland around 590, like many Irish people at the time, he left for Rome with a group of seven monks, before beginning his apostolate. He was ordained bishop by Pope Martin I and sent on a mission to convert the Thiérache region of France. He...
Church architecture is the art of building a church. Church architecture should give buildings whatever beauty is consistent with the primary purpose of worshipping the Trinity and with the resources that may be available. As a recent writer has said: "It can hardly be held that there is one...
