French basilica displays rediscovered Raphael painting

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 22, 2024 1:57 pm

SAINT-MAXIMIN-LA-SAINTE-BAUME, France: Visitors queued up at a southern French basilica on Sunday to see a rediscovered painting by Italian renaissance painter Raphael.

The small portrait of Mary Magdalene is being displayed for a month in the Sainte-Marie-Madeleine basilica, which houses relics of Mary Magdalene — making it Christianity's third most important tomb.

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