Tag: St. Martha of Persia
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06 Works, Today, April 19th, is St. Martha of Persia’s day, With Footnotes – #105
Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 — March 5, 1534), usually known as just Correggio, was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the 16th century. In his use of dynamic composition, illusionistic perspective and dramatic foreshortening, Correggio prefigured…
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06 Works, Today, April 19th, is St. Martha of Persia’s day, With Footnotes – #105
During the reign of Emperor Claudius II in the third century, St. Marinus together with his wife, St. Martha of Persia , and their sons, Audifax and Habakkuk, traveled from Persia to Rome to pray at the graves of the Ss. Peter and Paul. During this time, fierce persecutions and executions were carried out against Christians. St.…
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