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    The Holy Girdle, also known as the Girdle of Thomas, Holy Girdle of Mary, Holy Zoonoro, (or) Zunoro, and Holy Belt of Saint Mary the mother of Jesus,...
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    The Girdle of Thomas, Virgin's Girdle, Holy Belt, or Sacra Cintola in modern Italian, is a Christian relic in the form of a "girdle" or knotted textile...
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    especially if a cord or rope, is called a girdle in various contexts, especially historical ones, where girdles were a very common part of everyday clothing...
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    The magical Girdle of Aphrodite or Venus (Greek: ἱμάς, himás: 'strap, thong'; κεστός, kestós: 'girdle, belt'; Latin: cingulum Veneri, cestus Veneris)...
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    venerated by the Holy Eastern Orthodox Church. The word "cincture" (Greek: zone) is sometimes also translated as "belt", "sash" or "girdle". It is the Orthodox...
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    vessel was broken inside. They found the Holy Girdle folded and sign of age was apparent on it. The Girdle was examined by the antiquities authorities...
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    Belt. This church is also known as the Church of Holy Girdle or The Church of the Lady of the Girdle. Some manuscripts and a Garshunian book containing...
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    in Homs is attested as early as 478. The church contains a venerated Holy Girdle that is supposed to be a section of the belt of Mary, mother of Jesus...
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    part of the Holy girdle of St. Mary) installed at the church. This relic is also known as the Soonoro or Holy belt of St. Mary. The Holy girdle was presented...
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    St. Mary have subsequently begun recognition of the 8 day lent. The Holy Girdle is taken out for the public at the eighth day. "Nativity of the Blessed...
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    commonly called the Virgin's veil. Cincture of the Theotokos Girdle of Thomas Holy Girdle Annemarie Weyl Carr, "Threads of Authority: The Virgin Mary's...
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  • 10,000 years. Saint Mary Church of the Holy Belt in Homs dates back to 59 AD and contains a venerated Holy Girdle that is supposed to be a section of the...
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    draws huge crowd to Manarcad Church". News18. 28 February 2012. ""Holy Soonoro (Holy Girdle) of our Mother" (Discovery)". Mgocsmdiaspora.org. 14 August 2014...
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    the Cincture of the Theotokos kept in the Vatopedi monastery and her Holy Girdle kept in Mount Athos. Other relics are said to have been collected during...
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    Holy See of Rome. The Syriac Orthodox Church respects the relics of Saint Mary, and the saints. The most notable of these relics, are the Holy Girdle...
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    the most solemn event of the day: the exposition of the relic of the Holy Girdle. The program of the festival is enriched by various performances that...
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    Retrieved 22 January 2016. Polidoro, 2011: 27-28 Dingwall, Eric J (1931). The Girdle of Chastity: A Medico-Historical Study. Routledge. Archived from the original...
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    Girdle books were small portable books worn by medieval European monks, clergymen and aristocratic nobles as a popular accessory to medieval costume, between...
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    Front View of St. Mary's Cathedral, Kundara Holy Girdle of St. Mary's Jacobite Syrian Cathedral, Kundara Holy Altar of St. Mary's Cathedral, Kundara Shrine...
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    located within the building. The Um al-Zennar Church ("Church of the Virgin's Girdle") was built in 1852 atop an earlier church dating back to the 4th century...
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    but steadfastly refuses, but she pleads that he at least take her sash, a girdle of green and gold silk. The sash, the lady assures him, is charmed, and...
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    and the Virgin taking off her girdle. In other works Thomas is catching the falling girdle, or has received the girdle and holds it. Saint Francis of...
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    was King of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225. He was the son of...
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    the Malankara churches, a small piece of Mother Mary's belt, called the Holy Soonoro. The inscription on the stones in the Haikalah of the church is in...
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    Catherine, 1332-1335, tempera on panel by Bernardo Daddi Stories of the Holy Girdle, 1337-1338, tempera on panel by Daddi Madonna and Child between Saints...
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    crossing (above the choir) Florence, Santa Maria del Fiore Pulpit of the Holy Girdle parapet with dancing spiritelli between pairs of pilasters in part by...
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    One hundred thirty of his work survived. The Girdle of Thomas also referred to as the miracle of the holy belt is a sacred relic located at Prato Cathedral...
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    Prato Cathedral, depicting the Madonna della Cintola (Our Lady of the Holy Girdle of Thomas). This bas-relief was sculpted by Antonio Rossellino and Mino...
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    are celebrated on 10 February and 15 August. A small portion of the Holy Girdle of Saint Mary, rediscovered at the Syriac Orthodox Church at Homs in...
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  • protective green girdle, which she claims to have made herself. In exchange for the girdle, Gawain allows her to masturbate him but stains the girdle in the process...
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