Pietà
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The Pietà (Italian pronunciation: [pjeˈta]; meaning "pity", "compassion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the mortal body of Jesus Christ after his Descent from the Cross. It is most often found in sculpture. The Pietà is a unique form of the Lamentation of Christ in which Mary has the privilege of mourning Jesus apart from his other followers and apostles, however in practice depictions of the Pietà may include angels, other figures usual in Lamentations, and even donor portraits. The Pietà is taken to represent the Virgin Mary's "sixth sorrow" and can sometimes identify her with a specific Marian title.[1]
Several of such images have merited a Pontifical decree of Canonical coronation from a Pope, including the Pieta of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome, Marienthal Basilica in France, the image in Church of Franciscans in Leuven, Belgium, Kamp-Bornhofen, Germany, and Our Lady of Charity in Cartagena, Spain.