Month: March 2024

March 23rd 2024

“Crucifixion”  Fra Angelico, c.1427, San Domenico, Fiesole, Florence. Fra Angelico painted the crucified Christ many many times. But this one is different. First, over Christ’s head he usually just put the capitals INRI, but here there is the full title

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Caravaggio’s Entombment of Christ

March 9th 2024

“The Entombment of Christ”, Caravaggio, 1602/3, Pinacoteca Vaticana, Rome.  (originally in Chiesa Nuova, where there is good replica in situ) Nicodemus stares out at us as he and St John lower the dead body of Christ into the tomb. Everything

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Edinburgh Catholic Chaplaincy

The Catholic Chaplaincy serves the students and staff of the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University and Queen Margaret University.

The Catholic Chaplaincy is also a parish of the Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh (the Parish of St Albert the Great) and all Catholic students and staff are automatically members of this parish.

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