{"id":55930,"date":"2025-12-09T06:38:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T04:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/?p=55930"},"modified":"2025-12-09T10:57:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T08:57:02","slug":"sacred-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.omnesmag.com\/en\/foco\/de-arte-sacra\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abDe Arte Sacra,\u00bb or what a cathedral and Starbucks have in common"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the Romanesque fa\u00e7ade of Lucca Cathedral, carved in stone almost a thousand years ago, there is a surprising figure: a double-tailed mermaid. It is not a whimsical ornament. In biblical and medieval tradition\u2014inspired by St. Jerome and his reading of the prophet Isaiah\u2014the mermaid symbolizes the seduction that leads to sin: the voice that turns people away from God and draws them toward a superficial, vain, \u201cBabylonian\u201d life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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