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  • Feast of the Chair of St. Peter the Apostle

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    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…

  • St. Thomas Aquinas

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    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…

  • St. Basil The Great

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    January 2nd the feast day of Saint Basil the Great. His vast knowledge, speeches, monastic reforms, and extensive charitable works earned him the title of “Great” during his lifetime. The “St. Basil Dictating His Doctrine”(c.1638) by Francisco de Herrera. The painting was originally part of an altarpiece in San Basilio el Grande in Seville. It…