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  • Santo Domingo de Silos
  • CROSIER
  • CROSIER
  • CROSIER; SERPENT
  • CROSIER
  • CROSIER
  • CROSIER
The crosier started, probably, as a simple shepherd’s crook. As bishops and abbots acquired more authority it sometimes became unrecognizable, as in this lavish 15th-century Spanish painting of St. Dominic of Silos.
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