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Details: Pope Miltiades (Greek: Μιλτιάδης, Miltiádēs)[1][2][3], also known as Melchiades the African[1], was the bishop of Rome from 311 to his death on 10 or 11 January 314[1][4][5]. He was given the right to receive back all ecclesiastical buildings and possessions which had...
Details: This is a painting of three remarkable African popes: Saints Victor I, Miltiades, and Gelasius I. Victor I was the bishop of Rome in the late second century and is remembered for obtaining the release of many Christians who had been deported to the mines. Miltiades was the bishop...
Details: The Virgin Mary holds the Christ Child on her right hip and stands upon a crescent moon, an allusion to the passage in Revelation 12 that describes Mary as "a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet." Christ grasps her exposed nipple as...
Details: This ivory plaque probably once served as part of a decorative cover for a liturgical manuscript. Three holy women intent on anointing the body of Jesus approach his burial place, the Holy Sepulchre, seen here as a twostory cylindrical building. A man "robed in white," and endowed...
Details: Built between 1922 and 1924, the Gothic Revival-style red brick St. John Catholic Church was designed by St. Louis-based firm Ludewig & Dreisoerner for the St. John Catholic Church congregation, the third-oldest catholic congregation in Covington, formed in 1854 and originally located at the corner of Worth Street and...
Details: The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Vegreville, Alberta is located half a kilometer from the CPR and CNR in the northern part of the town[4]. The church property was incorporated in 1939 and a parish hall was blessed on May 14, 1939 by Fathers Naucratius Kryzanowsky and...
Details: Depictions of the Virgin and Child have been popular in art since the High Renaissance period (1480-1530)[1]. These works often portray Mary as a young mother, wearing the turban favored by peasant women[2], and often combine iconographic themes of joyous motherhood and sorrowful premonition of Christ'...
Details: The circumcision of Jesus is an event from the life of Jesus celebrated as the Feast of the Circumcision[1]. It took place eight days after his birth[2], and was a sign of the covenant God made with Abraham and his descendants[3]. Mary and Joseph were simply...
Details: Rubens depicts the Archangel Gabriel's announcement to the Virgin Mary that she would conceive a son by the power of the Holy Spirit. Behind Gabriel, a ring of cherubs encircles a dove, representing the Holy Spirit. God the Father sits high above, resting his arm on a...
Details: This late medieval manuscript miniature shows the dead Christ hanging from the Cross, suspended by three enormous nails that pierce his hands and feet. The skull of Adam, whose sin Christ redeemed, lies broken below the Cross; above is a banner with the letters INRI (the Latin initialism for...
Details: This image depicted may be considered to adhere to Catholic ideas, despite the chapel being non-denominational. This is primarily because it is an image depicting a scene from the Bible, which is a sacred text that is considered holy and central to the faith of many Christians, including Catholics....
Details: Modeled after a fresco by Raphael in the Vatican, Marcantonio Raimondi's engraving depicts the climactic scene after weeks of combat between the Israelites and the Philistines, According to the Books of Samuel from the Bible, the Philistine (pagan) warrior Goliath is defeated in battle by the young...
Details: This scene is rarely met with as a separate icon, although it occurs as one of the subjects on smaller ones. The subject is one of the church's Twelve Festivals, which were represented on the third tier of the iconostasis (alter screen and icon stand combined), which...
Details: This mourning figure was part of a sculptural tableau depicting the Entombment, the scriptural event when Jesus was laid to rest in a tomb. The mourners for this kind of scene usually included the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, two further Marys (of which the present sculpture was probably one)...
Details: This large Ethiopian Gospel Book was made in the first half of the sixteenth century and is written in Ge'ez, the traditional liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. Containing eleven full-page miniatures, six canon tables, and five elaborately ornamented harags, or headpieces, this manuscript represents the...
Details: The Deccani School of Painting is an Indian miniature painting style that originated in the Deccan region of Central India during the late 16th century[1]. It was nourished and thrived under several Sultans of the Deccan[2] and had a certain amount of influence from Mughal schools of...
Details: Crucifixion was a form of execution used by the Romans and was usually reserved for slaves[1]. It was the most painful and disgraceful form of death[1]. In Catholicism, the Crucifixion is an emblem of victory and sits upon every altar where Mass is celebrated[2]. Jesus of...
Details: This limestone statue shows the standing Virgin Mary cradling the Christ Child in her arms. It is carved nearly in the round and was once vividly painted. Christ is warmly swaddled to his mother's chest and holds the fingers of his right hand to his mouth; Mary...
Details: This panel came from a retable made for the parish church of Los Ojíjares, near Granada, which was dedicated to Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin. Saint Anne and her husband, Joaquim, prominently featured in the relief, were honored in Catholic devotion as emblems of the Immaculate Conception...
Details: The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament is a Catholic cathedral located in Christchurch, New Zealand[1]. It is regarded as one of the finest examples of church architecture in Australasia[2] and is designed by architect Francis Petre, a New Zealand-born architect working out of Dunedin[3]. It is...
Details: The St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church, located at 308 Fillmore Avenue in Buffalo, New York, boasts a stunning architectural design, characterized by its Romanesque style and use of round arches. The work of Władysław Zawadzki, the church features prominent stone hood moldings above the windows and a compound arch...
Details: The Flight into Egypt is an event recounted in the Gospel of Matthew and other New Testament apocrypha[1]. It tells the story of Mary, Joseph, and Jesus fleeing to Egypt to escape King Herod's orders to kill the newborn child[2]. The event is also mentioned...
Details: The scribes were learned men in ancient Israel who studied the Law, transcribed it, and wrote commentaries on it[1]. Jesus engaged in discussion with the Jewish Scribes during the Feast of the Passover when he was twelve years old[2]. Alexandre Gabriel Decamps painted a work titled '...
Details: On his way to Galilee, Jesus rests on a well outside the Samaritan city of Sychar, seen in the background. He asks for a drink from the woman on the right, who is surprised by this request, as Samaritans and Jews did not associate. When Christ is able to...
