Orthodox Cross (2009) by unknown
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Crucifixion (1180) by - Public Domain Catholic Stock Photo
Jesus is seen dead on the cross while his mother, Mary, and his favorite disciple, the Evangelist Saint John, mourn below. This large-scale work embodies the characteristics of Romanesque sculpture in the medieval period, with its heavy stylized bodies, calligraphic depiction of hair, and linear, energetic approach to rendering...
Triptych with the Madonna and Child with Louise de Bourbon, Saint Louis, Saint John, and Two Prophets (1538) by Pierre Reymond - Public Domain Catholic Painting
This scene depicting the Virgin Mary, her infant son Jesus Christ, and various saints and prophets also includes the kneeling figure of Louise de Bourbon (1495–1545), a member of the French royal family (Note the inscription LOYSE DE BOURBON on the hem of her dark habit). She was the...
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This is a list of my favorite 12 orders of Catholic nuns and sisters in no particular order. This list includes their history, and images of their habits. What is a Catholic Nun or Sister? In the Roman Catholic tradition, there are many religious institutes of nuns and sisters (the...
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Christ Carrying the Cross, called "The Lord of the Fall" (1770–1775) by Unknown - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: This work belongs to the genre of "statue painting," that is, painted simulacra of sacred images. As a "true likeness" of a cult image, it was believed to possess the miraculous powers of the original, a sculpture of Christ the Nazarene venerated in the Cuzco...
Chasse of Champagnat (1150, French) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: Christ appears in the center of the principal face of the reliquary beneath the roof plaque, which depicts the hand of God flanked by two angels swinging censers. Distinguished by his cruciform nimbus, he holds a book in his left hand and raises his right hand in blessing; the...
Mary Magdalene - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: From the 14th to the 17th century, Mary Magdalene occupied a privileged position in religious art. Only second to Virgin Mary, Magdalene was interpreted by multiple artists across Europe. Her popularity can be attributed to her relativity, after all, she was just a woman who fell into sin but...
The Annunciation (1485-1492) by Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) - Public Domain Bible Painting
Details: One of the most celebrated paintings in the Robert Lehman Collection, this depiction of the Annunciation unfolds in a classicizing architectural interior rendered with one-point perspective to create the illusion of depth, a technique achieved in early fifteenth-century Florence. The incised lines visible on the panel'...
Shrine of the Virgin (1300, German) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: This rare devotional shrine manifests Christian belief in the miracle of the Incarnation, by which God took on human body and nature, uniting both human and divine in the person of Jesus. Closed, it is a statuette of the enthroned Virgin Mary nursing the infant Jesus. When opened, the...
Transfiguration of Christ (1503) by Master of Delft - Bible Coloring Page
Details: In the New Testament, the Transfiguration of Jesus is an event where Jesus is transfigured and becomes radiant in glory upon a mountain. The Synoptic Gospels describe it, and the Second Epistle of Peter also refers to it. It has also been hypothesized that the first chapter of the...
Embroidery with the Annunciation (mid-15th century, Netherlandish) - Public Domain Catholic Artwork
Details: In a domestic interior, the Virgin Mary kneels before a prie-dieu on which her prayer book rests. The archangel Gabriel, at the left, greets her with the Gospel announcement of the forthcoming birth of Jesus: "Ave Maria gratia plena dominus tecum" ("Hail Mary, full of...
Saint-Guilhem Cloister (late 12th – early 13th Century, French) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: Nestled in a dramatic landscape of gorges and waterfalls, the monastery of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert, from which this cloister comes, was founded in 804 by Saint William (Guilhem), legendary duke of Aquitaine and a member of the court of Charlemagne. Saint-Guilhem thrived as a pilgrim's...
Guardian Angel - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: A guardian angel is a type of angel that is assigned to protect and guide a particular person, group or nation. Belief in tutelary beings can be traced throughout all antiquity. The idea of angels that guard over people, families, and even nations, has played a major role in...
The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John (1624–1625) by Hendrick ter Brugghen - Public Domain Bible Painting
Details: Painted roughly a century after the other works in this gallery, Ter Brugghen’s scene of Christ’s crucifixion draws on the dramatic, emotional appeal of earlier religious art to inspire the private prayers of a Catholic viewer. The Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist, who flank the cross,...
Chapter House from Notre-Dame-de-Pontaut (12th Century, French) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: The chapter house was the daily meeting place in most European monasteries and convents. The monks or nuns sat on the stone bench around the walls, as business was discussed each day and a chapter of the Rule of Saint Benedict, the official code of monastic behavior, was read....
Bishops of the Council of Nicaea (1704) by Bernard Picart -Catholic Coloring Page
Details: Emperor Constantine the Great receives clergy at the First Council of Nicaea in 325. He bestows the honorific patriarch on these four bishops. From heaven he is illuminated by a divine light. 🙏🏽This image is in the public domain. Free Download Constantine and Bishops at Nicea.jpeg 3 MB...
Our Lady of Valvanera (1770–1780) by Unknown - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: This painting depicts the miraculous discovery of the image of Our Lady of Valvanera by the repentant thief-turned-hermit Nuño Oñez, who kneels beside it in adoration. Hidden in the hollow of an oak tree since the time of the Muslim invasion of Spain, the location of the...
Reliquary Casket with Scenes from the Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Becket (1173–1180, British) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: This precious silver box was created to contain a relic of the martyred English saint Thomas Becket. Saint Thomas was the archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170, and he is perhaps best known for his struggles with King Henry II of England over the separation between the rights...
The Three Marys At The Tomb (17th-18th Century) by Domenico Piola - Bible Coloring Page
Details: The three Marys at the tomb is the name used for a group of three women who came to the sepulcher of Jesus. In Eastern Orthodoxy they are among the Myrrh bearers, a group that traditionally includes a much larger number of people. All four gospels mention women going...
A Monstrance (1860) by Anonymous - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: A monstrance, also known as an ostensorium, is a vessel used in Roman Catholic churches for the display on an altar of the consecrated Eucharistic host during Eucharistic adoration or Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Wikipedia 🙏🏽This image is in the public domain. Free Download 601569sl.jpg 6 MB...
Processional cross (1460–1480, Italian, Florence) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: Inscriptions on the back of this object indicate that it served as the repository for a relic believed to be a fragment of the True Cross and that it is thought to have been made for a convent of the Poor Clares, probably in Florence. It is an extraordinary...
Assumption of the Virgin (17th Century) by Domenico Piola - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church chapters 965–966: After her Son's Ascension, Mary "aided the beginnings of the Church by her prayers." In her association with the apostles and several women, "we also see Mary by her prayers imploring the gift...
The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of the Baptist (1330–1335) by Giovanni Baronzio - Public Domain Bible Painting
Details: One of the most important surviving examples of fourteenth-century painting from Rimini (on Italy’s Adriatic coast), this panel was one of eight scenes depicting the life of Saint John the Baptist from a now-dismembered altarpiece. Riminese painters of the first half of the fourteenth century were...
Crucifix (1150–1200, Spanish) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: Meant to be seen from both front and back, this large Crucifix represents Jesus hanging on the Cross, but nonetheless triumphant over death: his eyes are wide open, and he wears the gold crown of the King of Heaven. Though the original church from which this image comes is...
Fall of the Rebel Angels (17th century) by Domenico Piola - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: In Abrahamic religions, fallen angels are angels who were expelled from heaven. The literal term "fallen angel" appears neither in the Bible nor in other Abrahamic scriptures, but is used to describe angels cast out of heaven or angels who sinned. Such angels often tempt humans to...
The Young Virgin (1632–1633) by Francisco de Zurbarán - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: According to medieval legend, as a girl the Virgin Mary lived in the Temple in Jerusalem, where she devoted herself to praying and sewing vestments. This was a subject particularly popular in seventeenth-century Italian and Spanish paintings, where the little Virgin—devout and busy at her tasks—served...
Booklet with Scenes of the Passion (1300 [carving]; 1310–1320 [painting]) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: An exceptional ivory object, this diminutive booklet is unusual in that both the exterior covers, depicting scenes of the Passion, and the interior covers, containing representations of the Virgin, are carved. The religious nature of the booklet suggests that it served as an accessory for private devotion. The painted...
Vision of Saint Dominic (17th Century) by Domenico Piola - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: Saint Dominic (Spanish: Santo Domingo), was a Castilian Catholic priest and founder of the Dominican Order. The spread of the Rosary, a Marian devotion, is attributed to the preaching of Dominic. For centuries, Dominicans have been instrumental in spreading the Rosary and emphasizing the Catholic belief in The Power...
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