It was the royal color of the kings of France, and of the monarchist movement that opposed the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War (1917–1922). In the Middle Ages and Renaissance a white unicorn symbolized chastity, and a white lamb sacrifice and purity. In ancient Egypt and ancient Rome, priestesses wore white as a symbol of purity, and Romans wore white togas as symbols of citizenship. The color white can be given with white pigments, especially titanium dioxide. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. White objects fully reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. ![]() It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). Cathedral-Size Iconsįor information about shipping and handling of Cathedral size icons, click here.Clockwise, from top left: Beluga whale Pope Francis Milan Cathedral façade White Cliffs of Dover, England Masjid al-Haram, Saudi Arabia Bride at a Shinto wedding. All items must be returned in sellable condition. To ensure proper credit for your account, enclose a copy of the invoice in the box with the returned item, and indicate your reason for the return. (Exceptions: Only pre-authorized returns for custom items, including banners, CP and CH size icons, cathedral-size icons, and large or customized orders for other items.) If you are not entirely satisfied with any item, return it to us within 30 days for an exchange or refund. Non-custom items are shipped promptly allow extra time when ordering Cathedral Size Icons, Banners, icons of prints in the CP or CH sizes and special large quantities of any item. For Next Day Air shipment of orders over $300.00, call for a quote. Allow 2-3 business days for processing and delivery. For 2nd Day Air shipment of orders over $300.00, call for a quote.įor Next Day Air, add $21.00 to our Standard Rates. Allow 3-4 business days for processing and delivery. Rush Shipment: We offer rush service on in-stock, regular-sized items only.įor 2nd Day Air, add $15.00 to our Standard Rates. He became a laybrother at a Capuchin monastery, working as its receptionist and gardener until his death in 1970. Half a million people attended the ceremony outside of Saint Peter's Basilica, When the pope asked them, "Young people, are you determined to resist any attack on your chastity with the help of the grace of God?" the resounding answer was "YES!"Īfter thirty years of hard labor, Allesandro was released and visited Maria's mother, asking her pardon and accompanying her to Christmas Mass in the parish church where before the hushed congregation he acknowledged his sin and asked God's forgiveness and the pardon of the community. Calling her a "Saint Agnes of the 20th century," the pope proposed her as a patroness of modern youth, and since then she has been venerated as icon of purity and the patron of young women and victims of rape. ![]() Saint Maria's mother and her murderer attended the canonization ceremony together. One of the youngest canonized saints of the Catholic Church, Maria was pronounced a saint by Pope Pius XII fifty years later in 1950. After twenty painful hours of suffering during which she forgave and prayed for her attacker, Maria passed to heavenly life fortified by the Last Sacraments, her last earthly gaze resting upon a picture of the Blessed Virgin. "Then I will gladly think of you," she said. The hospital pharmacist asked Maria "Think of me in Paradise." "Who knows which of us is going to be there first," she said, looking at the old man. ![]() She underwent surgery without anesthesia, and halfway through the surgery woke up. On Jhe could control himself no longer and made sexual advances to the young girl, who struggled as he strangled her and rebuffed him shouting "No! It is sin! God does not want it!" Allesandro's lust transformed to violent anger and he stabbed Maria fourteen times with a long knife.ĭoctors struggled in vain to save her life. Her 19-year-old neighbor Allesandro became infatuated with the young girl and propositioned her several times, to no avail. The family's search for work led them to the western coast of Italy, where shortly after her father died of malaria. Saint Maria carries the palm of martyrdom and lilies, the symbol of purity in sacred art.īorn in Italy in 1890, Maria grew up in a family of poor sharecroppers.
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