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  2. Infant Jesus of Prague - Wikipedia

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    The Infant Jesus of Prague (Czech: Pražské Jezulátko: Spanish: Niño Jesús de Praga) is a 16th-century wax-coated wooden statue of the Child Jesus holding a globus cruciger of Spanish origin, now located in the Discalced Carmelite Church of Our Lady of Victories in Malá Strana, Prague, Czech Republic.

  3. Church of Our Lady of Victories - Wikipedia

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    In 1637, the Carmelites returned to Prague and found the discarded statue. The cultus of the Infant of Prague spread, particularly in Spain, the country of the statue's origin. [9] Two years later the statue was placed in the choir, and in 1656 moved to a small chapel in the church (now the Chapel of the Holy Cross).

  4. Bambino Gesu of Arenzano - Wikipedia

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    The image was donated by the Marquise Delfina Gavotti of Savona and was presented to the built shrine on 2 June 1902. It replaced a picture image of the Infant Jesus of Prague brought by the Carmelite Order on 25 September 1900, which was located beneath the statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.

  5. Lobkowicz Palace - Wikipedia

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    The statue was later given by Vratislav and Maria Maximiliana's daughter, Polyxena (1566-1642), to the Church of Our Lady Victorious in Prague, where it remains on display as a popular tourist attraction. A replica of the Infant Jesus of Prague is on permanent display in the Lobkowicz Palace Museum.

  6. Infant of Prague parishioners unsure of efforts to prevent ...

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    CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (WIVB) — Some parishioners of the Infant of Prague Parish in Cheektowaga are hoping they can prevent their church from closing as a decree from the bishop is expected any day ...

  7. List of statues on Charles Bridge - Wikipedia

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    (socha sv. Josefa) This statue was designed by Josef Max and sponsored by Josef Bergmann, a tradesman in Prague. It depicts St. Joseph leading a small Christ, and is situated on a pseudo-Gothic base. It replaced a statue with the same motif by Jan Brokoff, designed in 1706. This was damaged by cannon fire during the 1848 revolution and was replaced by the current statue in 1854. . Statue of St ...

  8. Christ Child - Wikipedia

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    The images were quite popular among nobility of Spain and Portugal. Colonial images of the Christ child also began to wear vestments , a pious practice developed by the santero culture in later colonial years, carrying the depiction of holding the globus cruciger , a bird symbolizing a soul or the Holy Spirit , or various paraphernalia related ...

  9. The Most Incompatible Zodiac Signs That Should Never, Ever ...

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    Olena Ruban/Getty Images. 4. Incompatible: Taurus and Aquarius. The zodiac’s bull is stable and predictable, especially in matters of the heart. That can spell romance and reliability for some ...