File:Madonna catacomb.jpg
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Image of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Mary" title="Virgin Mary">Virgin Mary</a>, mother of Jesus, in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catacomb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catacomb (page does not exist)">Catacomb</a> of Priscilla in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rome" class="mw-redirect" title="Rome">Rome</a>. It depicts her nursing the Infant <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>. This is earliest known image of Mary and the Infant Jesus independent of the Magi episode. The figure at the left appears to be the prophet Balaam pointing to a star (outside the frame). The star is from Numbers 24:17.
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| current | 15:27, 3 January 2017 | | 592 × 696 (98 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <div class="description"> Image of the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Mary" title="Virgin Mary">Virgin Mary</a>, mother of Jesus, in the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catacomb&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Catacomb (page does not exist)">Catacomb</a> of Priscilla in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Rome" class="mw-redirect" title="Rome">Rome</a>. It depicts her nursing the Infant <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jesus" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesus">Jesus</a>. This is earliest known image of Mary and the Infant Jesus independent of the Magi episode. The figure at the left appears to be the prophet Balaam pointing to a star (outside the frame). The star is from <i>Numbers 24:17</i>.</div> |
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