About the Image: This is a typical example of the two-sided panels carried in fifteenth-century religious processions. Such objects were regularly handled and exposed to the elements. On one side, the theologian Thomas Aquinas and the mystic Catherine of Siena, who holds the heart that Christ gave to her, flank...
Details: Saint Sebastian is a marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, an Italian artist, executed in 1617 and 1618 1, 2. The sculpture features Saint Sebastian, a Christian martyr, pinned to a tree with his flesh filled with arrows 1. It is smaller than life-size, measuring 98 x 42 cm...
Details: DID YOU KNOW? All books of hours contain the same basic sections, the order of which can shift, and individual prayers can vary, sometimes significantly, from region to region. DESCRIPTION One section of a Book of Hours is the Prayers to the Virgin. Dedicated to the Virgin Mary, this...
The fresco of Saint Albertus Magnus, a theologian and scientist known for his contributions to philosophy, theology, and natural sciences, was painted by Tommaso da Modena in 1352. The fresco can be found in the Church of San Nicolò in Treviso, Italy. 🙏🏽This image is in the public domain. Free...
Details: Our Lady of Lourdes is a title of the Virgin Mary venerated by the Roman Catholic Church[1]. The title is associated with the Marian apparitions that occurred in Lourdes, France in 1858 to Saint Bernadette Soubirous[1]. The image of Our Lady of Lourdes has been widely reproduced...
Details: Gian Lorenzo Bernini's sculpture "Cristo Crocifisso" (The Crucified Christ) is a life-size bronze sculpture of the crucified Jesus[2]. It was cast in 1650 and held in Bernini's private collection for 25 years[2]. It is believed that Bernini cast three versions of...
Details: Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen are two sculptures by the Italian artist Gianlorenzo Bernini. They sit in the Chigi Chapel of Siena Cathedral. The statues were commissioned as part of the chapel by the then–pope Alexander VII (Fabio Chigi). Work began on the sculptures in 1661 and they...
Details: The Deposition is a marble sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo. It depicts four figures: the dead body of Jesus Christ, newly taken down from the Cross, Nicodemus (or possibly Joseph of Arimathea), Mary Magdalene, and the Virgin Mary. The sculpture is housed in the Museo dell&...
Details: Justice and peace, according to Catholic Social Teaching, are closely intertwined[1][2]. The pursuit of justice is essential for achieving peace, and love for all people demands that we promote peace in a world surrounded by violence and conflict[1]. All human beings possess an equal and inalienable...
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...
