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Holy Trinity is a c.1577–1579 oil on canvas painting by El Greco, one of nine works he produced for the Convent of Santo Domingo el Antiguo (Toledo). Ferdinand VII of Spain acquired it from the sculptor Valeriano Salvatierra in 1832 and it now hangs in the Prado Museum in Madrid.
Consequently, El Greco remained in Toledo for the rest of his life, where he was well-received by his contemporaries. One such contemporary was the Spanish preacher and poet Hortensio Félix Paravicino , who remarked that, "Crete gave him life and the painter's craft, Toledo a better homeland, where through Death he began to achieve eternal life."
In the upper, God the Father and the dove of the Holy Spirit are painted to unite the figures of the Holy Trinity. The strong lighting recalls the work of Michelangelo. This large canvas was delivered to the Tavera Hospital shortly before 1624, the date on which it was already included in the inventory of this institution.
The St. Louis Bible - The Pantocrator, God the Son, as the Creator of the universe. The Bible of St Louis, also called the Rich Bible of Toledo or simply the Toledo Bible, is a Bible moralisée in three volumes, made between 1226 and 1234 for King Louis IX of France (b. 1214) at the request of his mother Blanche of Castile. [1]
Love of God can mean either love for God or love by God. Love for God (philotheia) is associated with the concepts of worship, and devotions towards God.[1]The Greek term theophilia means the love or favour of God, [2] and theophilos means friend of God, originally in the sense of being loved by God or loved by the gods; [3] [4] but is today sometimes understood in the sense of showing love ...
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Ildefonsus was born to a prominent Visigothic family in Toledo during the reign of Witteric. [3] Civil wars racked the Visigothic kingdom during most of Ildefonsus' life. His uncle Eugenius, who later became Toledo's bishop, began educating the devout youth.
27. “Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.” 28. “Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” 29. “For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all ...