In Thanksgiving for His Sacrifice – Based on Beuron Art (Benedictine) Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality – Catholic Gift Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):13x17 unframed In 1885 Pope Leo XIII

In 1885 Pope Leo XIII established the formal devotion as an Arch-confraternity

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In Thanksgiving for His Sacrifice – Based on Beuron Art (Benedictine) Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality – Catholic Gift Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):13x17 unframed In 1885 Pope Leo XIIIMary holds the body of her crucified son, in a style lie Michaelangelo's Pieta. The colors of this 19th Century holy card print are muted and grave. It was done by the monks at the Beuron Abbey in Germany, an enormous Benedictine outpost that developed its own art style as a counterpoint to secular art of the time. The composition is aligned with primary shapes, circles and pyramids, to give it a formal calm, almost a Platonic aspect. If you look at