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Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! John the Apostle or Saint John the Beloved was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament. Generally listed as the youngest apostle, he was the son of Zebedee and Salome. His...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! In a composition borrowed from imperial Byzantine art, Mary is shown seated on a jeweled throne with the Christ child and flanked by archangels Michael and Gabriel. Above, Christ appears in a radiant light supported by...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! This work is quite atypical for the period due to its physiognomy and composition: Christ's figure is stout in comparison to the slender, elongated figures more common at the time. This effect is compounded...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Matthew the Apostle, also known as Saint Matthew and possibly as Levi, was, according to the New Testament, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus.According to Christian traditions, he was also one of the four...
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Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! This narrative relief illustrates a scene from a popular thirteenth-century text that emphasized the humanity of Christ and the Virgin Mary. With the Christ child on her lap, Mary is approached by young Saint John the...
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Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! The liberation of the apostle Peter is an event described in the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 12 in which the apostle Peter is rescued from prison by an angel. Although described in a short textual...
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Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Saints Justa and Rufina (Ruffina) (Spanish: Santa Justa y Santa Rufina) are venerated as martyrs. They are said to have been martyred at Hispalis (Seville) during the 3rd century. Only St. Justa (sometimes "Justus"...
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Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! This is an image based on Saint John's vision of God and the Elders from the Book of Revelation—also called the Apocalypse—which is the final book of the New Testament, and consequently...
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Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Joseph was the first son of Jacob by his second wife Rachel, and the eleventh son Jacob had fathered. Joseph is mentioned in the Bible Old Testament Book of Genesis. Most prominent about Joseph was his...
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Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Cruets are small vessels of glass or metal that hold the water and wine which are to be mixed in the Chalice for the Sacrifice of the Mass. They are also used for the Lavabo and...
