On the Feast of our holy founder, Saint Dominic

Greetings in the Lord on this happy day, to Dominicans everywhere!

We are united in fraternity through our prayers for each other and for the mission of the Order, today and every day.

May God bless us and may He smile on all blessed Dominic's sons and daughters, on their efforts in His many vineyards around the world, and on all who support the mission of the Order of Preachers by any means, but chiefly by their prayers.

Saint Dominic, Saint Catherine, all holy saints and beati of the Order of Preachers, pray for us.

Alleluia!

 

The Crucifixion - earliest-known depiction?

Well, according to the page from which I have borrowed this image, it is.

This is one of the carved panels in the 5th century cypress-wood door of the Basilica of Santa Sabina, the oldest extant Roman basilica.

Since 1222, Santa Sabina has been the conventual church of the mother-house of the Dominicans, the Order of Preachers, on the Aventine Hill in Rome.