(slideshow) St. Joseph in art: An enigmatic and elusive figure - Page 2

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Fourth-century arcophagus fragment from Arles

While apocryphal elements might be present like the ox and ass, Joseph was left out to emphasize the Virgin Birth and the Divinity of Christ.

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