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A realistic statue of Mary giving birth was criticized, then vandalized − but saints and artists have often reimagined Christ’s birth

By Virginia Raguin, Distinguished Professor of Humanities Emerita, College of the Holy Cross
Early Christian texts reveal how the birth of Christ reflected ideas of the day − in some illustrations, midwives helped the Virgin Mary give birth.The Conversation


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