Two figures from the Crypt of the Monastery of Santa Maria della Pace, Palermo, Sicily. These two figures can be found in the monastery’s Chapel of the Virgins. The inscription on the wall above them reads: ‘We follow the lamb wherever he goes, we are virgins’. The sentence, taken from Revelation 14:4, refers to those who have preserved their chastity, their pure state ensuring their redemption.

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Two figures from the Crypt of the Monastery of Santa Maria della Pace, Palermo, Sicily. These two figures can be found in the monastery’s Chapel of the Virgins. The inscription on the wall above them reads: ‘We follow the lamb wherever he goes, we are virgins’. The sentence, taken from Revelation 14:4, refers to those who have preserved their chastity, their pure state ensuring their redemption.
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