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The definitive iconography for the depiction of "Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception" seems to have been finally established by the painter and theorist Francisco Pacheco in his "El arte de la pintura" of 1649: a beautiful young girl of 12 or 13, wearing a white tunic and blue mantle, rays of light emanating from her head ringed by twelve ...
The Eastern Church first celebrated a Feast of the Conception of the Most Holy and All Pure Mother of God on 9 December, perhaps as early as the 5th century in Syria.The original title of the feast focused more specifically on Saint Anne, being termed Sylepsis tes hagias kai theoprometoros Annas ("conception of Saint Anne, the ancestress of God"). [5]
Church of la Inmaculada Concepción (Romancos) in Romancos, Spain; Colegio de la Inmaculada Concepcion in Cebu City, Philippines; Colegio Inmaculada Concepción in San Fernando, Chile; Fortress of the Immaculate Conception, local name "El Castillo de la Inmaculada Concepción", in El Castillo, Nicaragua
La Inmaculada Purisima Concepcion de Maria by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Prado, Spain. By pontifical decree, the Immaculate Conception alone is the universal and national patroness of Spain, by virtue of a papal mandate issued by Pope Clement XIII on 8 November 1760, while James the Greater remains, the same pope declared, the primary patron ...
Spanish: La Inmaculada Concepción vista por San Juan Evangelista: Artist: El Greco: Year: c. 1585: Medium: Oil on canvas: Dimensions: 237 cm × 118 cm (93 in × 46 in) Location: Museum of Santa Cruz, Toledo, Spain
The Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral [1] (Spanish: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Purísima Concepción) or Campeche Cathedral [2] is the main Catholic building within the fortified Campeche City in Mexico, [3] declared Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity. It is the main church of the diocese of the same name, seat of the ...
The Immaculate Conception of Los Venerables or The Immaculate Conception of Soult (original titles La Inmaculada Concepción de los Venerables or La Inmaculada Concepción de Soult) is an oil painting by the Spanish artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. [1] It was painted c. 1678 and measures 274 cm × 190 cm (108 in × 75 in). [1]
El Castillo is a municipality located on the Río San Juan (San Juan River) in the Río San Juan Department of Nicaragua.The settlement of what would eventually become the municipality of El Castillo began in 1673, when construction of the Fortaleza de la Limpia Pura e Inmaculada Concepción, (now known as the Castillo de la Inmaculada Concepción, or Fortress of the Immaculate Conception) was ...