Tag: Martinian
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18 Paintings, Stories from the Bible, as interpreted by Rosso Fiorentino, Pietro della Vecchia, Luca Giordano, Johann Carl Loth, Francesco Ruschi, Valentin de Boulogne, Vincente Macip, Vincente Macip, Martin Schongauer, Barend van Orley, Daniele da Volterra, Francesco Raibolini, Andrea Meldolla, Pietro Testa and Pieter Brueghel, with footnotes #37
The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the Lamentation of Christ, a scene from the Passion of Christ found in cycles of the Life of Christ. When Christ and the Virgin are…
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06 Works, Today, April 11th, is Saints Martinian and Processus’ day, With Footnotes – #98
Martinian and Processus were Christian martyrs of ancient Rome. Neither the years they lived nor the circumstances of their deaths are known. They are currently buried in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. According to legend, Martinian and Processus were were pagans and they served as guards at the Mamertine prison in Rome. In this prison were…
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