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The figure on the left in El Greco's Saint Peter and Saint Paul can be identified as Saint Peter. In the Bible, Peter is one of the first disciples that Jesus calls upon.In the Book of Matthew, Jesus said to Peter, “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
Christ on the Cross Adored by Two Donors is a c.1590 oil on canvas painting by El Greco, now in the Louvre, Paris. [1]Intended for a chapel in the Hieronymite monastery in Toledo, it was commissioned by one of the two figures shown beneath Jesus crucified, in the places usually occupied by the Virgin Mary and St John the Evangelist.
Several venerated images of Jesus Christ and Saint Joseph have also been granted a pontifical coronation. [ a ] The pontifical decree of canonical coronation Qui Semper granted for the "Virgin of Hope of Triana" in Spain , legally imposing the venerated Marian image the Pontifical right to wear a crown by Pope John Paul II on 7 April 1983.
Christ Bearing the Cross is a 1590-1595 painting by El Greco.. It was acquired by the painter and critic Aureliano de Beruete (1845-1912). It was then owned by the Catalan collector Santiago Espona (1888-1958)., [1] who bequeathed it to the National Art Museum of Catalonia in 1958.
While Paris is encircled by the Boulevard Périphérique (Paris ring road), the city gates of Paris (French: portes de Paris) are the access points to the city for pedestrians and other road users. As Paris has had successive ring roads through the centuries, city gates are found inside the modern-day Paris .
Passeig de Gràcia (Catalan pronunciation: [pəˈsɛdʒ də ˈgɾasiə]) is one of the major avenues in Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) and one of its most important shopping and business areas, containing several of the city's most celebrated pieces of architecture.
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This church was the second in Barcelona to receive the title of minor basilica, preceded only by the Barcelona Cathedral. The title was granted in 1918 by Pope Benedict XV , commemorating the seven hundredth anniversary of the apparition of the Virgin to St. Peter Nolasco , founder of the Order of Mercy .