Roman Charity (Latin: Caritas Romana; Italian: Carità Romana) or Cimon and Pero is an ancient Greek and Roman exemplary story (exemplum) of filial piety (pietas) in which a woman secretly breastfeeds her father or mother, incarcerated and supposedly sentenced to death by starvation. Once caught, the loving devotion shown so moves the authorities that she is forgiven and the parent is typically freed. The father in the story is often named Cimon (Ancient Greek: Κίμων, Kímōn) and the daughter Pero,[1] although other versions name the father Mycon[2] (Μύκον, Mýkon). First attested in surviving Roman sources, it became a common theme in Early Modern period of Western European art, particularly the Baroque period.
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RomanCharity (Latin: Caritas Romana; Italian: Carità Romana) or Cimon and Pero is an ancient Greek and Roman exemplary story (exemplum) of filial piety...
One prominent example is the Lactatio of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux. RomanCharity (or Caritas Romana) is a story of a woman, Pero, who secretly breastfeeds...
(beverage), a hot grain beverage Pero (moth), a moth genus Pero (RomanCharity), a character in Roman mythology Pero (The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots), the...
produced two quarts (four pints or 1.9 litres) of breast milk a day." RomanCharity, works of art based on the story of a daughter feeding her dying father...
providing such dowries, and the Archconfraternity of the Annunciation, a Romancharity dedicated to providing dowries, received the entire estate of Pope Urban...
in prison was saved when her daughter gave her breast milk (compare RomanCharity). Caught in the act, the daughter was not punished, but recognized for...
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Paris 1861 Diva Vittoria Colonna 1863 Boy Painting a Tragic Mask 1864 RomanCharity 1865 Portrait d'Antonio, modèle italien 1866 Cornelia, Mother of the...
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2017. "Charity For Roman Catholic Purposes Administered In Connection With The Sisters Of Charity Of St Vincent De Paul, registered charity no. 236803"...
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The Roman grammarian Festus says it was so called "because they would bring babies there to be fed with milk." It seems to have been a public charity where...
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