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3 days ago · For those unable to travel to the Eternal City, CNA is providing the following “virtual tour” of eight beautiful images of Our Lady in St. Peter’s Basilica for the feast of Mary, Mother of the Church.
1 day ago · Gifts at the baptism of Prince James. Mary safely gave birth to Prince James at Edinburgh Castle. According to Anthony Standen a diamond cross was fixed to James's swaddling clothes in the cradle. His christening was held at Stirling Castle on 17 December 1566. Mary gave presents of her jewels as diplomatic gifts.
3 days ago · Wit Stwosz’s “Pentecost” is one of six wooden carvings (three on each side) on the wings of the triptych altarpiece in St. Mary’s Church (Kosciół Mariacki) on the central square (Rynek) in Kraków, Poland. The central pane, over which those wings close, depicts the Dormition of Mary.
3 days ago · The Gospels mention nothing about Jesus appearing to his mother Mary after his Resurrection. Do we ever wonder whether he did see her? After all, she was his mother, the first to see him at the Nativity, his birth.
3 days ago · Mary (flourished beginning of the Christian era) was the mother of Jesus, venerated in the Christian church since the apostolic age and a favourite subject in Western art, music, and literature. Mary is known from biblical references, which are, however, too sparse to construct a coherent biography.
- Jaroslav Jan Pelikan
3 days ago · Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 until her forced abdication in 1567. The only surviving legitimate child of James V of Scotland, Mary was six days old when her father died and she inherited the throne.
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2 days ago · The synoptic Gospels name Mary as the mother of Jesus. The gospels of Matthew and Luke describe Mary as a virgin who was chosen by God to conceive Jesus through the Holy Spirit.
