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Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist, c. 1625, by (#TheodoraCaccia; Italian, c. 1596-c. 1676). Held at
, https://t.co/oNDxn1xXBu

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2023-02-17

23 Aug: feast of Rose of 3rd Order of St. Dominic - the first canonised saint born in the Americas (BM) She died 15 Aug 1617

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2022-08-23

5 July 1597: Tobie Matthew, son of the bishop of takes MA at Later on high profile convert & exile - and translator to English of St Teresa of Avila (BM)

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2022-07-06

There's something quite lovely about the nun painted here by Gesina Ter Borch in 1657 (Rijksmuseum)

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2022-04-03

10 Feb, feast of St. Scholastica, twin sister of St. Benedict of Nursia, patron saint of nuns

(British Museum)

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2022-02-10

15 Oct: feast of Teresa of founder, co-patron of (BM/JMcC) d. 1582

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2021-10-15

13 Oct 1655: d.Sir Tobie Matthew, high profile convert priest & courtier at the College (BM)
Translator to of the St Teresa.

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2021-10-13

offers 2 card designs featuring art by

- Her Nativity features on the inaugural AH holiday card, https://t.co/TrnaufJxxM

- A "Fruit & Flowers" note card (original art bequeathed to in 2020)
https://t.co/usbT6DCA1z

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2021-07-26

Learn more about this artist from Dr. Angela Ghirardi's guest post -
Suor (1596–1676), Convent Artist,

https://t.co/JZuzj9dyyM

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2021-07-26

Jacob’s Ladder, C12th, by (German, C12th), who died (July 25). From https://t.co/wXDW3nbEcJ (The Garden of Delights, a pictorial encyclopedia); source, https://t.co/2cLWCKP1ek

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2021-07-26

Bridget of Sweden (died July 23, 1373) was a Swedish mystic and founder of Bridgettines nuns. Her Revelationes has gained considerable popularity
Birgitta de Suecia Revelationes I I 30 + V G 20
Tomáš from Štítný Revelations of Saint Bridget XVII C 21 + XVII F 1

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2021-07-23

20 May 1501: d. Bl. Columba of Rieti, Third Order of St. Dominic & mystic. Renowned for spiritual counsel, devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, beatified 1625.

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2021-05-20

Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child, n.d., by (Italian, c. 1596-c. 1676). Held at the Church of St. Eusebius of Vercelli, Bianzè, Italy; source, https://t.co/z6DVdclHFD

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2021-05-10

This nun is on fire! The image (p. 143) is taken from the 'Büchsenmeister- und Feuerwerksbuch' (1594, BSB Cgm 8143). It is one of the most comprehensive Early Modern books on the pyrotechnical arts. https://t.co/P9Fz2zUWrM

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2021-04-27

Instruments of Christ's Passion

National Library CZ XIV A 17 (Passional of Abbess Kunhuta from St. George´s Convent at the Prague Castle, beginning of the 14th century, fol. 10r)

https://t.co/8JCageMCxU

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2021-04-05

15 Oct: feast of Teresa of founder, co-patron of (BM/JMcC) d. 1582

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2020-10-15

4 Oct 1582: d. St. Teresa of Avila mystic & reformer at on the night moved from 4 Oct to 15 Oct - her feast set by the change to the new Gregorian calendar. At the time some regarded it as a extra miracle to avoid a clash with Francis.

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2020-10-04