Italian saints

The Virgin Holding the Sleeping Child with Saint John and Two Angels was created by Italian artist, Bernardino Luini in the second half of the sixteenth century during the High Renaissance. The piece was created to be displayed privately and depict the main event the teachings of the Catholic church revolve around. The piece foreshadows the murder of Jesus Christ on the cross through different elements in the piece used as symbols. The crucifixion is illustrated by Jesus in a deep sleep…

St George of Lydda BIOGRAPHY The life of a saint is one filled with hardships and persecution. Saints are those who go beyond the daily mass and preach the Good News to all people, even at the cost of their life. St George was born in AD 280 in Cappadocia (an area that is now part of Turkey) and died on the 23rd of April, 303 in Palestine. He was a soldier in the Roman army who later became venerated as a Christian martyr. His parents were Christians of Greek background. His father, named…

mass. The church continues to spread its holiness when it canonizes holy people and then those people continue on with the process. Many important people in history have helped to spread the Church’s holiness, for example, Saint Patrick. Saint Patrick is well known as the saint who developed and spread Christianity in Ireland (Wikipedia). He perfectly displays the qualities of someone who knows and understands the holiness of the church. The Holy Spirit can not operate fully on its own, it…

Catholic Church are its Saints. Saints are men and women who are recognized by the Church to have had an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness to God and or Christ. There are many hundreds of Saints within both the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Coptic Churches. The writing of the history and great acts of saints is called a Hagiography, literally meaning sacred writing. Of the many hundreds of saints, a few stand out in the history, Saints like Saint Peter, Paul, Thomas…

During the 1800’s and the early 1900’s people started to give America the nickname, the melting pot. America was welcoming people from all over the world from different races and religions. These people were all hoping to find a better life, new opportunities and freedom. Since the start of American history, immigrants came here and brought their traditions and cultures with them. The United States is a country of immigrants. It is a place where people from all over the world come to build a…

depended on the supporters. If a person in power was not favored, assassinations and exiles occurred. In the late 19th century the President of the French Republic, the Spanish Prime Minister, and Empress Elizabeth of Austria were all assassinated by Italian anarchists. The killings only emphasized the importance of being liked by the citizens of one’s country.…

During times of war opinions are often high. Everyone has their own individual opinion as to the stance on each issue, its cause, and how problem should be resolved. The purpose of this paper is to dress several differing inter war movements that develop during that time. They will be discussed, analyze, compared and contrasted to each other to examine how well they prove their desired point. First we will examine Woodrow Wilson The Idealistic View. Woodrow Wilson The Idealistic View - The…

Architecture remains a significant topic still to this day when discussing historical shifts of time periods. This is especially present during the artistic shift from the Medieval period to the Renaissance, where reappearing ideas become present in a different way. New forms of architecture to this day is consider one of the most important achievement that formed during the Renaissance era. the form of architecture used during the time mainly originating from mainly Greek and Roman times and…

and affect the coverall success of the company. This is critical to their success because eventually they will run out of areas to build new sore in the United States. Therefore, they need to start to expand in other regions. Italy is known for its Italian food, which includes pizza. Opening stores in their area will allow Italy to have a taste for American style pizza. Papa John’s should partner with a local producer to establish 25 stores across Europe. These are stores that offer carry out…

learning another language is very difficult as I have taken five years of language in school and still am not fluent in Spanish. It doesn’t mean that it can’t be done, as I have witnessed with my grandma, who comes from Italy. She grew up speaking Italian and thought it would probably be the only language she would ever need to know or speak. However, when her family decided to up and leave Italy for America, it was time for her to start to learn English. Fast forward the seventy years that my…