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DE Lactatio of Saint Bernard. Mallorca Cathedral. Photography, Spain 2005
Photos taken by José María Paricio in summer 2005.
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Lactation (lactatio) of Saint Bernard. Milk spurt.
Bas-relief in stone in one of the chapels of Mallorca Cathedral.
The amazing miracle or legend of the "Lactatio (Lactation) of Saint Bernard" has been widely depicted in Christian iconography, both in painting and sculpture: The Virgin Mary rewards Saint Bernard's great Marian devotion in an ambiguously chaste way: by expressing the milk from one breast to offer it in a stream to the saint, in the presence of the Child whom she holds in her free arm.
Bernard (Fontaines-les-Dijon 1090 - Clairvaux 1153), a nobleman from Burgundy (France), was a Benedictine monk and co-founder of the Cistercian order (reform - a return to the origins - of the Order of Saint Benedict), founder of the Cistercian abbey of Clairvaux, preacher of the Second Crusade and guarantor of the Templars. A Doctor of the Church, with an exuberant verb and an overwhelming personality, he was one of the most influential men of his time.
Related issuesAdult lactation: Lactatio Saint Bernard, Saint Fulbert, Alain de la Roche. Lactation of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas. Roman charity. Filial piety of Confucianism.
Lactation (lactatio) of Saint Bernard. Milk spurt.
Bas-relief in stone in one of the chapels of Mallorca Cathedral.
The amazing miracle or legend of the "Lactatio (Lactation) of Saint Bernard" has been widely depicted in Christian iconography, both in painting and sculpture: The Virgin Mary rewards Saint Bernard's great Marian devotion in an ambiguously chaste way: by expressing the milk from one breast to offer it in a stream to the saint, in the presence of the Child whom she holds in her free arm.
Bernard (Fontaines-les-Dijon 1090 - Clairvaux 1153), a nobleman from Burgundy (France), was a Benedictine monk and co-founder of the Cistercian order (reform - a return to the origins - of the Order of Saint Benedict), founder of the Cistercian abbey of Clairvaux, preacher of the Second Crusade and guarantor of the Templars. A Doctor of the Church, with an exuberant verb and an overwhelming personality, he was one of the most influential men of his time.
Related issuesAdult lactation: Lactatio Saint Bernard, Saint Fulbert, Alain de la Roche. Lactation of Fray Bartolomé de las Casas. Roman charity. Filial piety of Confucianism.