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Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! The young figure on horseback can almost certainly be identified as Louis of Toulouse (1274-97), the second son of Charles II, king of Naples, who renounced the throne of Naples and entered the Franciscan order. He...
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Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! The painting was originally part of a polyptych at Sansepolcro, where it was seen by Piero della Francesca. It portrays St. Francis of Assisi while ideally marrying the three Theological Virtues, Faith, Hope and Charity, through...
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Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! The Annunciation, also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the announcement by the Archangel Gabriel to...
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Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Noli me tangere is the Latin version of a phrase spoken, according to John 20:17, by Jesus to Mary Magdalene when she recognized him after his resurrection. The biblical scene gave birth to a long...
