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

Catena Aurea on Matthew 13:24–30: Gregory the Great

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

CommentGregory the GreatPublic domainMatthew 13:24–30

“The birds lodge in its branches,” when holy souls that raise themselves aloft from thoughts of earth on the wings of the virtues, breathe again from the troubles of this life in their words and comfortings.

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

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