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Lord of Miracles

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The Lord of Miracles, also known as the Christ of Miracles, is a painting of Jesus Christ crucified, venerated in Lima, Peru, and the focus of a major Catholic devotion. It was painted during the seventeenth century by Benito or Pedro Dalcon, an African man taken from what is now Angola to Peru as a slave. An annual procession commemorating the image takes place every October and is among the largest religious processions in the world, and the devotion is one of the oldest Catholic traditions in Peru. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Partially Attested
UNESCO Inscription Year
1991 1
Wikipedia says the image's chapel became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991; not checked against UNESCO's own listing
Location
Sanctuary and Monastery of Las Nazarenas, Lima, Peru 1
Current Use
Object of Catholic veneration 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Sources
1. Lord of Miracles (Wikipedia)
  • Veneration
    Sanctuary and Monastery of Las Nazarenas, where the original icon has been enshrined since its completion
  • Description of the Image
    later on a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991
  • Lead, sentence 1
    a painting of Christ crucified venerated in Lima, Peru
  • Genre reference
    The Lord of Miracles, also known as the Christ of Miracles, is a painting of Jesus Christ crucified, venerated in Lima, Peru, and the focus of a major Catholic devotion.
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