Orante (Orans) as an Early Christian Symbol of the Ancient Church

Orante (Orans) as Early Christian Symbol

by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson

Praying Christian (orantes) from a catacomb painting

Orante della catacomba di via Anapo a Roma

Person in prayer (orantes) and a dove with an olive branch in its mouth.

The Orante is a figure with open arms, a symbol of the soul at peace in paradise, a representation of the soul in the other world as a figure (orante) with arms extended in prayer.

Orante with hands lifted in prayer from the Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome.

Orante figure from the Catacomb of Priscilla, Cubicle of the Velata, Rome (second half of the third century).This pose of arms lifted in prayer is found in thousands of figures in the catacombs, representing a soul at peace in paradise.

Orante - Gebetshaltung, Catacomba di Priscilla, Cubicle of Velata. Another. Another.

Three paintings of orante from catacombs
Orante fragment, Il museo di St. Eustorgio
Fresco of Orante, Italy
Gravestone for Mouses and his wife (Rome, 3rd century A.D.), Pio Cristiano Museum, Vatican. Shows Orante and Good shepherd.
Lastra con epitaffio di Bessula. Sec.V. Musei Vaticani, Museo Pio Cristiano. Cittàdel Vaticano.
Sezione archeologica. Epigrafe con figura di donna orante, Museo Civico, Biassono.
Rara figura di "orante" incisa sulla muratura di un "mayen" a Torgnon

Early Christian Symbols of the Ancient Church

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