Legends of the monastic orders as represented in the fine arts : forming the second series of sacred and legendary art (1891)
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860, Longmans, Green, and Co · London ; New York : Longmans, Green, and Co · leaf 464
LEGENDS OF THE MONASTIC ORDERS. 881 Virgin Mary that she would be pleased to bestow her Divine Son upon her also, and that he should be her chosen bride- groom. The most Blessed Virgin heard and granted her prayer, and from this time forth did Catherine secretly dedicate herself to a life of… … 76 Vision of St. Catherine of Siena. (Vanni.) Her mother and her father were good and pious both, but they understood not what was passing in the mind of their child. Her love of solitude, her vigils and her dreams, her fastings and penances, seemed to them foolishness. Her mother rebuked her ; and…
Christian saints · Christian saints in art · Monasticism and religious orders in art · Christian art and symbolism
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
