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Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini

Catena Aurea on Luke 2:22–25: Bede

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

CommentBedePublic domainLuke 2:22–25

But while each bird, from its habit of wailing, represents the present sorrows of the saints, in this they differ, that the turtle is solitary, but the pigeon flies about in flocks, and hence the one points to the secret tears of confession, the other to the public assembling of the Church.

Reproduced in full. Translation: Oxford 1841 (Newman), public domain (Public domain).

Also cites: ubi sup.

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