Tag: StAmbrose
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Feast of the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle
February 22nd is the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle. In St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, in the Apse (behind the main altar) is Bernini’s Cathedra Petri (1647). This reliquary holds what is traditionally believed to be the chair of St. Peter. Four doctors of the church are holding down the…
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St. Thomas Aquinas
January 28th is the feast day of St. Thomas Aquinas, I’m a few days late but I think this painting is cool. St. Thomas Aquinas is a key figure in philosophy and theology, famous for his work “Summa Theologica.” He sought to reconcile faith and reason, using logical principles to explain religious beliefs, and had…