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  • PALA DI BOSCO AI FRATI
  • St. Sebastian holding two Arrows and the Martyr's Palm
  • St. Lawrence hands the Christ Child a palm branch
  • Catherine of Alexandria
  • SACRED FAMILY WITH PALM
In “Pala di Bosco ai Frati,” originally created to adorn a Franciscan monastery in Tuscany, Dominican friar and Renaissance master Beato Angelico featured palm trees in the background against a dark sky, to represent the martyrdom of Jesus.
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