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Mary Multiplies Bread That Catherine Can Distribute To The Poor / Christ Sheds His Blood Over The City Of Rome / Pope Urban VI Takes Up Residence In The Castle Of The Angel
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From left to right: Catherine kneels before an apparition of the crowned Mary. Mary and two angels offer Catherine bread that she can subsequently distribute among the poor.; Catherine is in a house in Rome and prays. Christ on a cloud squeezes blood from his heart and sprinkles the people of Rome with it.; Under pressure of the Roman people Urban VI is elected pope and now with a festive entry takes up residence in the Castle of the Holy Angel. In the margin an explanation of the representations in Latin. Eleventh print from a series of twelve with the Life and Miracles of Saint Catherine of Siena.
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Credit lineMaria vermeerdert brood dat Catharina aan de armen kan uitdelen / Christus vergiet zijn bloed over de stad Rome / Paus Urbanus VI neemt zijn intrek in de Engelenburcht. 1597. Pieter de Jode (I). Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.