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

Catena Aurea on Matthew 22:1–14: Hilary of Poitiers

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

CommentHilary of PoitiersPublic domainMatthew 22:1–14

Or otherwise; The oxen are the glorious army of Martyrs, offered, like choice victims, for the confession of God; the fatlings are spiritual men, as birds fed for flight upon heavenly food, that they may fill others with the abundance of the food they have eaten.

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