Madonna and Child

The Madonna and Child is one of the central icon of Christianity, representing the Madonna or Mary, mother of Jesus and her son. After some initial resistance and controversy, the formula "Mother of God" (Theotokos) was adopted officially by the Christian Church at the Council of Ephesus, 431. The earliest representation of the Madonna and Child may be the wall painting in the Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome, in which the seated Madonna suckles the C... more

Also known as:

  • Virgin and Child
top ↑

We can also tell you Madonna and Child is a…

If you know more about Madonna and Child, you can add more facts here »

Similar topics in Freebase

  • Child Jesus

    Child Jesus

    The Child Jesus (also called Divine Infant, Baby Jesus, or Christ Child) represents Jesus from his birth to the age of twelve. At thirteen he was considered to have become adult, in accordance with both the Jewish custom of his own time, and that of most Christian cultures until recent centuries....
  • Angel

    Angel

    Angels are spiritual beings found in many religious traditions. They are broadly viewed as messengers of God, sent to do God's tasks. Traditions vary as to the precise nature and role of these messages and tasks. Notions regarding the appearance of angels also vary, they are often perceived to have...
  • Saint Cecilia

    Saint Cecilia

    Saint Cecilia (Latin: Sancta Caecilia) is the patron saint of musicians and Church music because as she was dying she sang to God.St. Cecilia was an only child. Her feast day is celebrated in the Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic Churches on November 22. She is one of seven...
  • Madonna

    Madonna

    The Madonna is a Roman Catholic title for Mary, mother of Jesus. It comes from the Italian "Mia Donna" which means "My Lady". There are many art works with the title The Madonna or similar titles like Madonna and Child, often depicting Mary caring for Jesus as a baby or toddler.
  • John the Baptist

    John the Baptist

    John the Baptist (Hebrew: יוחנן המטביל, Yo-hanan ha-matbil, Arabic: يحيى‎ Yahyá AND يوحنا Yūhannā al-mamadan in arabic, Aramaic: ܝܘܚܢܢ Yokhanan) (died c 30) was a mission preacher and a major religious figure who led a movement of Baptism at the Jordan River in expectation of a divine apocalypse...
  • Paris Commune

    Paris Commune

    The Paris Commune (French: La Commune de Paris) was a government that briefly ruled Paris, from March 28 (more formally, from March 26) to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between anarchists and socialists had taken place, and it is hailed by both groups as the first assumption of power by...
  • Blessed Virgin Mary

    Blessed Virgin Mary

    Mary is the Mother of God because Jesus is God and Mary is the Mother of Jesus. He loves Her as His Mother. Mary is the greatest of God's merely human creatures. She was His Masterpiece of Grace when She walked the earth. She is now His Masterpiece of Glory in Heaven, the greatest, most...
  • Jesus Christ

    Jesus Christ

    Jesus Christ is God. He is infinite. Jesus Christ was and still is the Messiah the Jews were waiting for. Jesus Christ founded Roman Catholicism and no other religion. The religion of the Catholic Church is the only true religion because it is the only religion, other than pre-Christian Judaism...
  • Mariana of Austria

    Mariana of Austria

    Mariana of Austria (21 December 1634 – 16 May 1696) was Queen consort of Spain as the second wife of King Philip IV, who was also her maternal uncle. She was the daughter of Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III and Infanta Maria Anna of Spain, Philip's sister. At the death of her husband in...
  • Saint Anne

    Saint Anne

    Saint Anne (also Ann or Anna, from Hebrew Hannah חַנָּה or Channah‎, meaning "favor" or "grace.") of David's house and line, was the mother of the Virgin Mary and grandmother of Jesus Christ according to Christian and Islamic tradition. Her name Anne is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew name Hannah...

These people have edited this topic:

Edit this topic
Edit and Show details

Add or delete facts, download data in JSON or RDF formats, and explore topic metadata.

Freebase Logo
What is Freebase?

Freebase is a huge collection of facts, built by people like you. Freebase connects facts in ways other sites can't, giving you new ways to explore millions of subjects.
You can help improve it!

Freebase Attribution

Freebase data is free for use under the CC-BY license.

The original description for Madonna and Child was automatically generated from Wikipedia.org licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
[1]
Learn more about Freebase licensing and attribution