This blog is about my spiritual journey as a Dominican Sister of Mission San Jose serving the young, the poor and the vulnerable through the ministry of chaplaincy and working for social justice by promoting the sustainability goals of the United Nations.
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Sienese Madonna of Mercy
Madonna of Mercy by Sano
di Pietro, Siena, Italy
In 1440 Sano di Pietro, another Italian painter of the Sienese
school, painted this altarpiece of the Madonna of Mercy sheltering a group of
Franciscan nuns and novices.
