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Hands with stigmata, depicted on a Franciscan church in Lienz, Austria St Catherine fainting from the stigmata by Il Sodoma, Church of Saint Pantaleon, Alsace, France. Stigmata (Ancient Greek: στίγματα, plural of στίγμα stigma, 'mark, spot, brand'), in Catholicism, are bodily wounds, scars and pain which appear in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ ...
Angel of Grief or the Weeping Angel is an 1894 sculpture by William Wetmore Story for the grave of his wife Emelyn Story at the Protestant Cemetery in Rome. [1] Its full title bestowed by the creator was The Angel of Grief Weeping Over the Dismantled Altar of Life. [2] This was Story's last major work prior to his death, dying a year after his ...
The weeping statue of Our Lady of Akita apparitions in Japan. Reported weeping statues are most often sculptures of the Virgin Mary and are at times accompanied by claims of Marian apparitions . A notable example is the nature of the Our Lady of Akita apparitions that was unlike other cases, as the entire nation of Japan was supposedly able to ...
The "Chaplet of the Five Wounds" is a Passionist chaplet devoted to the Holy Wounds of Jesus, as a means to promote devotion to the Passion of Christ. [11] The chaplet is due to Paul Aloysius, the sixth superior general of the Passionists. It was developed in Rome in 1821. [12] A corona of the Five Wounds was approved by Pope Leo XII on August ...
The miraculous weeping statue of the Virgin Mary in Syracuse. The first stone for construction was consecrated in 1954. In 2002 Pope John Paul II elevated the sanctuary to the status of a minor basilica. In 2019, the Episcopal Conference of Sicily titled it a regional sanctuary.
A wound is any disruption of or damage to living tissue, such as skin, mucous membranes, or organs. [1] [2] Wounds can either be the sudden result of direct trauma (mechanical, thermal, chemical), or can develop slowly over time due to underlying disease processes such as diabetes mellitus, venous/arterial insufficiency, or immunologic disease. [3]
Maggie, 52, had five distinct gunshot wounds, the report says. A gunshot wound to the left side of her torso and head include injuries to her left breast, lower jaw, ear, skull and brain.
Weeping may refer to: The human act of crying (also see wailing (disambiguation)) The seeping of an open or healing wound, either of serum or pus, sometimes accompanied by a strong smell; A growth form in plants with pendulous, draping branches, most often associated with weeping willow trees "Weeping", an anti-apartheid protest song