Adoration in the Forest – Lippi Parable Isidore is the Patron Saint

Isidore is the Patron Saint of the Internet

which collected the blood of Christ at the Crucifixion

All Souls Day – Bouguereau is a restored Catholic artwork available as a high-resolution digital image from Restored Traditions

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Adoration in the Forest – Lippi Parable Isidore is the Patron SaintThis unique painting, depicting the Nativity of Jesus in a forest, is by the fifteenth century Carmelite friar and artist, Filippo Lippi. Commissioned by a member of the Medici family, this artwork is meant to evoke a penitential spirit as well as a sense of awe from the viewer. The Infant Christ lies, not in a brightly lit stable surrounded by shepherds, but in the dark grass of a field surrounded by trees, with His Mother kneeling beside Him. The