Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of Saint Bernadino of Siena (20 May) celebrates a 14th and 15th century Italian priest and Franciscan missionary, who was famous for his successful efforts to counter societal corruption with something very much like Christian marketing.

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The Embarkation for Cythera (“L’embarquement pour Cythère”) is a painting by the French painter Jean-Antoine Watteau

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Dusty Buildings

Rosary Cathedral (Toledo, Ohio)

+ Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral is an incredibly beautiful building, both architecturally and with respect to the art to which it is home. It is the only one of its kind in the United States built in the Spanish Plateresque style.

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The Arch of Titus (Rome, Italy) is a 1st century triumphal arch, built to honor the late Emperor Titus and the victory of the Romans over the Judeans.

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Dusty Feasts

The Feast Day of St. Ivo of Kermartin (19 May) celebrates the 13th and early 14th century priest, judge, and lawyer who was famous for his pious judgments and his care for the poor. He is the patron saint of lawyers, abandoned children, and Brittany.

+ Includes a recipe for a delicious Brittany dessert called ‘Far Breton.’

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Allegory of Satan (Lord of the World) by Ludwik Stasiak

+ This painting from 1900 was a novel and haunting portrayal of Satan as ruler of the world.

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