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November Crossword

Solution for October  Across: 1 Rood, 3 Khartoum, 9 Madonna, 10 Hours, 11 Mores, 12 Embody, 14 Expose, 16 Praise, 19 Temple, 21 Sinai, 24 Evict, 25 Sedilia, 26 Temporal, 27 Envy. Down: 1 Remember, 2 Order, 4 Heaven, 5 Rahab, 6 Opus Dei, 7 Mass, 8 Gnosis, 13 Seminary, 15 Premium, 17 Reside, 18 […]

Madonna of Crevole

Madonna of Crevole Painted by Duccio  c  1280 wikiart

Tracking the Origin of the Pompallier Madonna

According to the Marist Messenger of September 2013: “The Pompallier Madonna is a painting of the Blessed Virgin brought to Rome from Byzantium (modern-day Istanbul) by the nuns of the Immaculate Conception in the Campus Martius in the year 750.” That sentence conveys the impression that the painting Bishop Pompallier was given by Pope Pius […]