Book Title: Innocentia vindicata : in qva gravissimis argumentis ex S. Thoma petitis ostenditur, angelicvm doctorem pro Immaculato Conceptu Deiparæ sensisse & scripsisse. ... / Authore illvstrissimo S.R.I. principe et abbate S. Galli Coelestino Sfondrati.

Author: Sfondrati, Celestino, 1644-1696

Image Title: Conceived in a Clear Sky

Description: This emblem depicts a bird in flight carrying a branch to build its nest across the water. Three cherubs appear in the frame of foliage accompanied by the Latin phrase COELO CONCEPTA SERENO, which means "conceived in a clear sky." This emblem is one in a series of 46 published by Cardinal Celestino Sfondrati confirming the Immaculate Conception in nature.

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