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Il Sacro Cuore by Pompeo Batoni
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Il Sacro Cuore by Pompeo Batoni

"Jesus was born at Nazareth, a small town of Galilee, which before his time had no celebrity."--The Life of Jesus (1863) by Ernest Renan


"In this place known as Golgotha, many have met the same cruel fate and many others will follow them, but this naked man, nailed by hands and feet to a cross, the son of Joseph and Mary, named Jesus, is the only one whom posterity will remember and honor by inscribing his initials in capitals."--The Gospel According to Jesus Christ (1991) by José Saramago

Veil of Veronica by Francisco de Zurbarán
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Veil of Veronica by Francisco de Zurbarán
The Dead Christ (1582) by Annibale Carracci
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The Dead Christ (1582) by Annibale Carracci
Lamentation over the Dead Christ (c. 1480) by Andrea Mantegna
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Lamentation over the Dead Christ (c. 1480) by Andrea Mantegna
This page Jesus is part of the Christianity series.Illustration: Triumph of Christianity (detail) by Tommaso Laureti (1530-1602.)
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Illustration: Triumph of Christianity (detail) by Tommaso Laureti (1530-1602.)

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Jesus Christ (6–4 BC to 30–33 AD), also called Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure in Christianity.

According to the New Testament, Jesus is the Son of God who served a ministry in Galilee and Judaea and was ultimately crucified in Jerusalem by order of the Roman governor Pontius Pilate before rising from the dead three days later.

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