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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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The Angels Appearing to Abraham (1750s) by Francesco Guardi - Public Domain Bible Painting
Details: After their initial meeting, Abraham graciously offered to feed the angels and wash their feet. Following the meal, they announce that his wife Sarah, long past child-bearing age, will soon have a son, fulfilling a promise God had made earlier to Abraham. The artist presents the moment of...
Chapel of the Holy Cross (Sedona, Arizona) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: The Chapel of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic chapel built into the buttes of Sedona, Arizona, run by the Diocese of Phoenix, as a part of St. John Vianney Parish in Sedona. The chapel was inspired and commissioned by local rancher and sculptor Marguerite Brunswig Staude, who...
Sorrowing Angels (1898) by Johannes Josephus Aarts - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: This is an image from the play Lucifer. In this image, Lucifers followers are sorrowful because Gabriel has just announced that angels will be lower than humans. It is an influential and controversial work by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), the colossus of Dutch literature, regarded as a...
Gloria (1884) by Thomas Wilmer Dewing - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: Dewing’s small, densely packed composition of four singing angels alludes to depictions of angels playing musical instruments found in 14th-century medieval manuscripts. Angels were traditionally shown playing stringed instruments, whose delicate tones were thought to lift the mind to spiritual matters. The harp, as depicted here, was...
Saint Catherine of Siena Chapel on the Rock (Colorado) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: The photo was taken from Colorado Hwy 7. The road on the right side of the photo leads to parking for a trail, parking for the chapel, and the former site of a retreat and conference center. The chapel is located on the grounds of the Saint Malo Retreat,...
The Battle in the Heavens (1898) by Johannes Josephus Aarts - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: This is an image from Act V of the play Lucifer, wherein Michael speaks to Lucifer before he attempts to fight and overtake heaven. Upon his shield, till Michael comes before Him, clad in glittering armor, like a God Amid a ring of suns: "Cease, Lucifer I Give...
The Supper at Emmaus (1720) Giovanni Battista Piazzetta - Public Domain Bible Painting
Details: This painting depicts the biblical story of the Supper at Emmaus, when the disguised, resurrected Christ suddenly reveals himself to two astonished disciples as they all sit down to dinner. The artist has painted the figures’ hands and the objects on the table meticulously, but leaves other details vague,...
Mother of God Catholic Church, Mutter Gottes (Covington, KY) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: Mother of God Church, or Mutter Gottes Kirche, is a Catholic church located on 6th Street in the Mutter Gottes neighborhood of Covington, Kentucky, which was named for the church. Built between 1869 and 1871, the impressive Renaissance Revival-style church once was home to a large German-speaking...
Disaffected Angels (1898) by Johannes Josephus Aarts - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: This is an image from the play Lucifer. It is an influential and controversial work by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), the colossus of Dutch literature, regarded as a major influence on Milton’s Paradise Lost. In the story, Lucifer returns from Eden, his wings singed by the...
Sketch for "The Assumption of the Virgin" (1744) by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: According to Roman Catholic theology, the Assumption is the movement of the Virgin Mary's body and soul into heaven. Thus the central figure of the Virgin dominates this scene of the Assumption, outstretching her arms and supported by two angels as she ascends into heaven. Below, saints...
Mass at Oxford Oratory (2010) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: The Oxford Oratory Church of St Aloysius Gonzaga (or Oxford Oratory for short) is the Catholic parish church for the centre of Oxford, England. It is located at 25 Woodstock Road, next to Somerville College. The church is served by the Congregation of the Oratory. St Aloysius' was...
Adam and Eve after the Fall (1898) by Johannes Josephus Aarts - Bible Coloring Page
Details: This is an image from the play Lucifer. It is an influential and controversial work by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), the colossus of Dutch literature, regarded as a major influence on Milton’s Paradise Lost. In the story, Lucifer returns from Eden, his wings singed by the...
St. Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata (1430) by Bicci di Lorenzo - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: Although born into a wealthy merchant family, St. Francis (1181-1226) rejected all wordly goods, dedicating himself to chastity, humility, and selfless acts of kindness. By the time of his death, the order of friars he founded had expanded throughout Europe. In the summer of 1224, Francis visited a...
Statue of Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1364-1404) - Catholic Stock Photo
0:00/1× Details: Throughout most of their history these alabaster mourners have evoked a sense of awe and mystery as well as curiosity and admiration. They were originally arranged in processional order around the sides of the ducal tomb within a marble arcade in the Chartreuse de Champmol. The...
Gabriel, the Messenger and Herald from Heaven (1898) by Johannes Josephus Aarts - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: This is an image from the play Lucifer. It is an influential and controversial work by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), the colossus of Dutch literature, regarded as a major influence on Milton’s Paradise Lost. In the story, Lucifer returns from Eden, his wings singed by the...
Crucifix with Three Angels and the Symbols of the Evangelists (1470–1480) by Firabet of Rapperswil - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: Early devotional woodcuts are exceedingly rare today because, ironically, they were such a common part of fifteenth-century life. Available by the thousands from peddlers or monastics and at shrines and fairs, these images were carried around, tacked up for use as home altars, sewn into clothing, and prayed...
Swiss Guard at the Canonization of Saint John XXIII and Saint John Paul II (2014) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: Images from the Canonization of Saint John XXIII and Saint John Paul II by Pope Francis and the Catholic Church. This event, attended by millions is amongst the most important in current history. The Pontifical Swiss Guard (also Papal Swiss Guard or simply Swiss Guard; Latin: Pontificia Cohors Helvetica;...
Michael, the Field Marshal of God (1898) by Johannes Josephus Aarts - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: This is an image from the play Lucifer. It is an influential and controversial work by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), the colossus of Dutch literature, regarded as a major influence on Milton’s Paradise Lost. In the story, Lucifer returns from Eden, his wings singed by the...
Saint Augustine and Two Angels Adoring the Crucifix (1685–1695) by Giuseppe Passeri - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: One of the most sought-after painters in late 17th-century Rome, Passeri was also a prolific draftsman. The tenderly depicted venerating saint may be identified as Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (340–430), whose miter and crosier are held by two angels, while his numerous writings are represented by...
Statue of Mourner from the Tomb of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1364-1404) by Claus de Werve - Catholic Stock Photo
0:00/1× Details: Throughout most of their history these alabaster mourners have evoked a sense of awe and mystery as well as curiosity and admiration. They were originally arranged in processional order around the sides of the ducal tomb within a marble arcade in the Chartreuse de Champmol. The...
Chorus of Angels (1898) by Johannes Josephus Aarts - Catholic Coloring Page
Details: This is an image from the play Lucifer. It is an influential and controversial work by Joost van den Vondel (1587-1679), the colossus of Dutch literature, regarded as a major influence on Milton’s Paradise Lost. In the story, Lucifer returns from Eden, his wings singed by the...
Study for "The Apotheosis of Ferdinand IV and Maria Carolina, King and Queen of Naples" (1781) by Pietro Bardellino - Public Domain Catholic Painting
Details: This large oil painting was thought to be an early, rough sketch for the ceiling of the Salone de Biblioteca Antica in the Palazzo degli Studi in Naples. The attribution to Bardellino was based on the sketch's similarity to another sketch by the artist, sold in New...
Archbishop Peter Kairo at Beatification Ceremony (2015, Kenya) - Catholic Stock Photo
Details: Archbishop Peter Kairo (centre) from Nyeri diocese blesses ceremonial chalices during a rehersal for Africa's first Roman Catholic beatification ceremony. Final preparations were being made to host thousands of worshippers, officials and visitors who are expected to congregate 23 May for the event in the town of...
Abraham Entertaining the Angels (1543) by Georg Pencze - Bible Coloring Page
Details: In depicting Abraham’s heavenly guests (Genesis 18:2-10), Georg Pencz took the unusual step of having a divine being touch Abraham, illustrating the Protestant idea of God’s presence in everyday life. The scene also reminded viewers of faith rewarded, because the angels tell Abraham that he...
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