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The nativity of Jesus of Nazareth is told in the gospels of Matthew and Luke. In Christian theology, the existence of two nativity stories by two different writers provided a prooftext for the historicity of the event. However, the two versions...

An illustration of the Church of Nativity, Bethlehem, basilica and grounds 1486, as depicted by Konrad von Grünenberg in "Beschreibung der Reise von Konstanz nach Jerusalem" (1487)

The Nativity by the Italian artist Giotto (b. 1267 or 1277 - d. 1337 CE). The scene is part of a cycle of frescoes showing the life of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Scrovegni Chapel (aka Arena Chapel) in Padua, northern Italy. From c...

The 'Mystic Nativity' painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510 CE). 1500 CE. (National Gallery, London)

The Great Nativity, a wall fresco from Faras Cathedral, Nubia. 10th-11th century CE.

A 1310-1320 CE manuscript illustration of the Nativity. Made in East Anglia. (National Library of Wales)

Religious practice in medieval Europe (c. 476-1500) was dominated and informed by the Catholic Church. The majority of the population was Christian, and "Christian" at this time meant "Catholic" as there was initially no other form of that...

The Magi are the visitors who came to Bethlehem to worship the newly-born Jesus of Nazareth in the gospel of Matthew (2:1-2). 'Magi' is a transliteration of the Greek magos from old Persian magus ("powerful") as a reference to the Zoroastrian...

The Unam Sanctam (1302) was a papal bull issued by Pope Boniface VIII (served 1294-1303) requiring the complete submission of all people, including kings, to the authority and dictates of the pope. As the Church was understood as holding...

Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510 CE), real name Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi, was an Italian artist of the early Renaissance. A prolific painter, especially of altarpieces and works with a religious theme, Botticelli's most famous work today...