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A lithopedion (also spelled lithopaedion or lithopædion; from Ancient Greek: λίθος "stone" and Ancient Greek: παιδίον "small child, infant"), or stone baby, is a rare phenomenon which occurs most commonly when a fetus dies during an abdominal pregnancy, [1] is too large to be reabsorbed by the body, and calcifies on the outside as ...
Fetus in fetu (or foetus in foetu) is a rare developmental abnormality in which a mass of tissue resembling a fetus forms inside the body of its twin. An early example of the phenomenon was described in 1808 by George William Young. [1] There are two hypotheses for the origin of a fetus in fetu.
In 2009, a 92-year-old woman in China delivered a fetus she'd been carrying for 60 years. In 2008, a 9-year-old girl in Greece was diagnosed with a tumor that turned out to be the undeveloped ...
[n 1] It depicts Saint Anne, her daughter the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus. [1] Christ is shown grappling with a sacrificial lamb symbolizing his Passion as the Virgin tries to restrain him. The painting was commissioned as the high altarpiece for the Church of Santissima Annunziata in Florence and its theme had long preoccupied Leonardo.
Along with this move from the Church also came the discouragement of the usage and veneration of other controversial images of the Baby Jesus. The Palaboy depiction is also discouraged in some churches in the Philippines and there is currently an ongoing debate as to whether or not the depiction of Jesus as a "Palaboy" or Beggar is acceptable ...
Detectives took the Turin Shroud, believed to show Jesus' image, and created a photo-fit image from the material. They used a computer program to reverse the aging process. After reducing his jaw ...
The Rev. Keith Mozingo is struggling to keep his yuletide spirits after the baby Jesus that topped his nativity scene in Los Feliz was stolen. Missing: Baby Jesus. Last seen: In a pile of rubble ...
The Christ Child—also known as Baby Jesus, Infant Jesus, Child Jesus, Divine Child, Divine Infant and the Holy Child—refers to Jesus Christ during his early years. The term refers to a period of Jesus' life , described in the canonical Gospels , encompassing his nativity in Bethlehem , the visit of the Magi , and his presentation at the ...