English: Zwiefalten, Germany: Ceiling painting in the main nave of the former abbey church, by Franz Joseph Spiegler (1751)
Description: A beam of merciful light originates from the Virgin Mary, being reflected by a mirror held by an angel, and finally reaching Saint
Benedict of Nursia. From Benedict, knowledge rains to Benedictine monks that are known as ardent admirers of Mary (Bernard of Clairvaux, Ildephons of Toledo, Hermann of Reichenau) and on defenders of the Faith (
Saint Jerome,
Rupert of Salzburg,
Saint Dominic). On top of the scene,
God the Father. Around the central scene, places of Marian pilgrimage: Genazzano (with Pope
Urbanus VIII, Fourvière near Lyon (with King
Louis XI of France), Santiago de Compostela, Einsiedeln, and Altötting, plus King
I. István of Hungary who conscrates himself and his kingdom to Mary.
Size: ca. 14.5 m x 30 m
Deutsch: Größe: ca. 14,5 m x 30 m
Von Maria (mitte rechts) geht ein Strahl auf ein von Engel gehaltenes Bild mit Maria und dem Jesuskind. Das Bild ist das vom Zwiefalter Ordenspatron, dem Hl.
de:Benedikt von Nursia, in seiner Jugend angeblich besonders verehrte Gnadenbild aus der Ambrosius-Kirche in
de:Rom.
Photographed by Andreas Praefcke, March 2003. First uploaded to de.wikipedia 20:14, 11. Nov 2004 by
de:Benutzer:AndreasPraefcke and marked GFDL. This modified version of the original file uploaded to de.wikipedia 08:37, 18. Apr 2005 by
de:Benutzer:Wolpertinger.
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