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Orante (Orans) as Early Christian Symbol
John's Gospel Bible Study
 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 - Gebetshaltung, Catacomba di Priscilla, Cubicle of Velata. Another. Another.
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. - 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
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