Orante (Orans) as Early Christian Symbol
by Dr. Ralph F. Wilson
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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.
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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.
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Three paintings of orante from catacombs
- Orante
fragment, Il museo di St. Eustorgio
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Fresco of Orante, Italy
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Gravestone for Mouses and his wife (Rome, 3rd century A.D.), Pio Cristiano Museum, Vatican.
Shows Orante and Good shepherd.
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Lastra con epitaffio di Bessula. Sec.V. Musei
Vaticani, Museo Pio Cristiano. Cittą del 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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