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Palma Vecchio, Assumption of Mary, who is removing her belt as Thomas (above the head of the apostle in green) hurries to the sceneFilippo Lippi, Madonna della Cintola, 1455–1465, Prato
The Girdle of Thomas, Virgin's Girdle, Holy Belt, or Sacra Cintola in modern Italian,[1] is a Christian relic in the form of a "girdle" or knotted textile cord used as a belt, that according to a medieval legend was dropped by the Virgin Mary from the sky to Saint Thomas the Apostle at or around the time of the Assumption of Mary to Heaven. The supposed original girdle is a relic belonging to Prato Cathedral in Tuscany, Italy and its veneration has been regarded as especially helpful for pregnant women.[2] The story was frequently depicted in the art of Florence and the whole of Tuscany, and the keeping and display of the relic at Prato generated commissions for several important artists of the early Italian Renaissance. The Prato relic has outlasted several rivals in Catholic hands, and is the Catholic equivalent of the various relics held by Eastern Christianity: the Cincture of the Theotokos of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Holy Girdle of the Syriac Orthodox Church.
^Or Santa Cintola, and other variations in English. "Sacro Cingolo" is the old dialect form preserved in the name of the chapel where the relic is kept
The GirdleofThomas, Virgin's Girdle, Holy Belt, or Sacra Cintola in modern Italian, is a Christian relic in the form of a "girdle" or knotted textile...
version, with Thomas hurrying towards the other apostles, and the Virgin taking off her girdle. In other works Thomas is catching the falling girdle, or has...
cord or rope, is called a girdle in various contexts, especially historical ones, where girdles were a very common part of everyday clothing from antiquity...
The Holy Girdle, also known as the GirdleofThomas, Holy Girdleof Mary, Holy Zoonoro, (or) Zunoro, and Holy Belt of Saint Mary the mother of Jesus, is...
"belt", "sash" or "girdle". It is the Orthodox equivalent of the GirdleofThomas in the Western church, and the Syriac Holy Girdle. Its feast day is September...
devotions related to pregnancy. Herein the Virgin Mary wears the GirdleofThomas, a belt of knotted cloth cord that was a relic held in Prato Cathedral,...
Dingwall, Eric John: The Girdleof Chastity: A Medico-Historical Study: London: Routledge and Sons: 1931. Polidoro, Massimo: "The Myth of Chastity Belts": Skeptical...
Thomas was given the grace of perfect chastity by Christ, a girdle he wore till the end of his life. The girdle was given to the ancient monastery of...
still used for the display of the cathedral's famous relic of the Virgin Mary, the GirdleofThomas (Sacra Cintola, a cord belt), which had a great reputation...
gave to Thomas the Apostle after her death and during her transition to heaven (the equivalent in the Western Church is the GirdleofThomas). The silver...
girdle. Thomas' receipt of the girdle is commonly depicted in medieval and pre-Council of Trent Renaissance art. According to traditional accounts of...
Jasper. Graph of "How pavilion angle and girdle thickness affect the best crown angle and table size". Harding, Bruce. "Faceting Limits". Thomas M. Moses....
and caused a great scandal by kidnapping her from a procession of the GirdleofThomas in the city and taking her to his nearby home in the piazza del...
quarantia council. One hundred thirty of his work survived. The GirdleofThomas also referred to as the miracle of the holy belt is a sacred relic located...
the city's famous relic, the GirdleofThomas (Sacra Cintola), thought to be the belt the Virgin Mary dropped to Thomas the Apostle as she rose in the...
steadfastly refuses, but she pleads that he at least take her sash, a girdleof green and gold silk. The sash, the lady assures him, is charmed, and will...
regular public displays of their famous relic, the GirdleofThomas (Sacra Cintola). Though Donatello is the more well-known of the two, "it would be a...
Confraternities of the Cord are pious associations in the Roman Catholic Church whose members wear a cord, girdle, or cincture in honour of a saint whom...
located under the last arch of the north aisle, next to the counter-façade. It houses the Sacra Cintola or GirdleofThomas, the belt which, according...
Brace-Girdle and Thomas Grey. Both of these characters are also in the books, but Melanie is a much less important and very different type of character...
church's equivalent of the Cincture of the Theotokos of the Greek Orthodox Church and GirdleofThomasof the Catholic Church. Holy Girdle Syriac Orthodox...
dislodged from rocks. The shell plates are encircled by a skirt known as a girdle. Chitons live worldwide, from cold waters through to the tropics. They live...
blade, it makes up the shoulder girdle. It is a palpable bone and, in people who have less fat in this region, the location of the bone is clearly visible...
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