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 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.
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