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a painting of jesus and two other people

Here's my guide to visiting San Marco Monastery in Florence. San Marco is a jewel of the early Renaissance. It's wallpapered with frescos by the divine Fra Angelico. Even though San Marco Monastery is one of Florence's best museums, it's a hidden gem in Florence where you can escape the crowds.

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an ornate painting with many people around it

The Litany of the Saints (Latin, Litania Sanctorum) is a sacred prayer of the Roman Catholic Church. It is a prayer of invocation to the Triune God, and prayers for the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Angels and all the martyrs and saints upon whom Christianity was founded.

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a painting on the side of a building with two people standing in front of it

Fra Angelico, "Annunciation" 1438-1445. Museo di San Marco, Firenze. This Renaissance fresco painted by Fra Angelico shows a moment which is quite crucial to the fast approaching Christmas holiday: The moment when Archangel Gabriel gave Mary a message that must have seemed quite overwhelming to her. She is visited by an angel who either is about to tell her - or just has told her - some pretty devastating news. But she looks so calm. And her simple surroundings - the barren walls and the…

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an image of jesus holding the head of mary

From the museum label: This painting was commissioned in 1436 by Fra' Sebastiano Benintendi, a descendant of the Blessed Villana delle Botti († 1361), who is shown in widow's weed beside St. Catherine of Alexandria. The hem of the Virgin's mantle bears the date 1441, which may refer to the year the painting was completed. Link to the full painting. Link to other paintings of the Lamentation.

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the painting shows three men in an open room

One of the first challenges that we face when meditating on the Second Sorrowful Mystery is that the Gospels only provide a minimal amount of explicit content to focus upon. John merely records a single sentence: “Then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him” (John 19:1). While commenting on this passage,…

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an image of the virgin mary surrounded by angels

An exhibition reunites four exquisite reliquaries related to the life of the Virgin Mary, painted by Fra Angelico and not seen together for over 200 years.

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