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• The flames destroyed the pulpit on the right and the pews, and all that's left of the sixteenth-century statue of the Virgin is ashes. —  The BROTHERHOOD of the HOLY SHRO
• Countless "portraits" of the Virgin are ascribed to the hand of St. Luke, while the face of Christ impressed on Veronica's veil and the Virgin of Guadalupe on Juan Diego's cloak are believed to have been transferred through direct physical contact with the divine. —  Headlines - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick
• The Holy Child is distinguished by a cruciform nimbus, while that of the Virgin is a plain circle. —  Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See
• So the idea of the Ascension Mystery became inextricably connected with the great saint of the town, yet the Privilčge itself was not exerted on his feast day, the 23rd of October, but on Ascension Day, when the Virgin was also represented as crushing the serpent's head. —  The Story of Rouen
• Because the poor worshippers fancied that the crucifix had more power than the image of a saint, and that the Virgin was able to look after her own candle! —  Our Little Lady Six Hundred Years Ago

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