Humility: Virgin or Virtue?

This paper considers Marian iconography in which the Virgin is depicted sitting on the ground, known as the Virgin of Humility. The creation of this Marian type coincides with Saint Thomas’s systematization of the virtues, which resulted in a decline in the importance of the virtue of Humility. The...

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Authors: Mocholí Martínez, María Elvira (Author) ; Montesinos Castañedas, María (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 11
Further subjects:B Virgin
B Humility
B Iconography
B Virtue
B Allegory
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