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Towards Christ
Towards Christ, the only Love,
we are called to go together.
The procession of the virgins moves dancing towards Christ. They are women who have witnessed to him as their absolute love. The two series of the Martyrs and the Virgins have totally 60 figures.
St. Joan of Arc. By saving her nation from English domination, she also saved it from the schism of the British Isles from Rome a century later. She is followed by St. Rose of Lima, proclaimed the main patroness of America in 1670.
St. Bernardette Soubirous
St. Margherita M. Alacoque. She had the mission of propagating public worship of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She is followed by St. Iphigenia. She was martyred with 32 companions who had refused to take the oath required by the Civil Constitution.
St. Clare of Assisi and St. Genoveffa.
St. Teresa of Jesus reformed the rule of the Carmelite monastery.
St. Catherine of Siena, patroness of Italy with St. Francis. We owe to her intervention the Pope's return to Rome from Avignon.
On the wall in front of the altar, the saints are represented in frontal position, as though they advanced in two groups.
St. Emiliana consecrated herself to God since she was young and St. Giuliana Falconieri, foundress of the Third Order of the Servants of Mary.
St. Zita, patron saint of domestic workers. She holds two amphorae in her hands. St. Maddalena de' Pazzi, who spoke and wrote to promote church reform.
Wise virgin.
The parable of the ten virgins - depicted in mosaic on the four columns that support the cross vaults - is an invitation to be vigilant, feeding the lamp of faith and hope.
The parable of the ten virgins - depicted in mosaic on the four columns that support the cross vaults - is an invitation to be vigilant, feeding the lamp of faith and hope.
Foolish virgin.
Her face is sad and the lamp is extinguished.
Her face is sad and the lamp is extinguished.
The parable of the ten virgins - depicted in mosaic on the four columns that support the cross vaults - is an invitation to be vigilant, feeding the lamp of faith and hope.
The Virgins
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