Nativity Scene

ID: 257 ~ Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nativity_scene_@_Eglise_Notre-Dame_de_l%27Assomption_@_Paris_(31843179235).jpg ~ Creator: Guilhem Vellut ~ Date: December 23, 2016
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Nativity Scene
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This image displays an important symbol of the Catholic faith- a Nativity scene displayed in the church around Christmas, thus reinforcing Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption’s role to the community in the present.

This file appears in: The Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

By Andrew D. France
An all-female religious order in the late 17th century, the Ladies of the Assumption (Dames de l’Assomption), were the first occupants of the building, which was constructed between 1670-76. It continued to be used by wealthy women as a sort of…