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May 9, 2024 · Meilan Solly. Associate Editor, History. The first woman to rule England in her own right didn’t simply inherit the throne. She seized it with unprecedented ambition from those who sought to ...
May 16, 2024 · Signature. Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558), also known as Mary Tudor, and as " Bloody Mary " by her Protestant opponents, was Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 and Queen of Spain and the Habsburg dominions as the wife of King Philip II from January 1556 until her death in 1558. She is best known for her vigorous attempt ...
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6 days ago · Merciful Mother: Mary, True Model of Trustful Surrender to Divine Mercy A depiction of Mary based on this painting of the Mother of Mercy is in the Chapel of the Gates of Dawn in Vilnius, Lithuania. The Divine Mercy image is found in Holy Trinity Church in Vilnius. (photo: Public domain and Fczarnowski, own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
4 days ago · Richard II kneels in an earthy landscape, whilst the Blessed Virgin Mary and Child stand in a paradise meadow, blossoming with flowers and flanked by 11 angels. This painting is of most significance because it is one of the earliest depictions of England being presented to Our Lady as a gift, her dowry. In minuscule detail we see this earthy ...
May 21, 2024 · This was a very vivid role for the queen mothers of the Old Testament,” who were “the principal means of intercession for the people to get something to the attention of the king. Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ, the King of Kings. But it also means this: Mary’s queenship is as extensive as the kingdom of God, as the kingdom of Jesus ...
May 12, 2024 · The Power of Motherhood in the Mission of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. Mother Seton’s extraordinary legacy of doing good in the world contradicts the story told by our secular culture, which says that children are an obstacle to women’s achievement. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is a woman of many firsts: she was the first native-born American ...
3 days ago · Parent (s) Joachim and Anne (according to some apocryphal writings) Mary [b] was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, [6] the wife of Joseph and the mother of Jesus. She is a central figure of Christianity, venerated under various titles such as virgin or queen, many of them mentioned in the Litany of Loreto.
