A Papal crucifix (0n right) that I purchased at Vatican City last year in August. I found it in a tiny shop beside the entrance to the Reliquary museum in St Peters cathedral. The crucifix,which was popularised by Pope John Paul II on his pastoral crozier, has a similar feel to the mystical drawing by San Juan de la Cruz - the small drawing in Avila prompted Salvador Dali to paint his homage which was hung in St. Mungos Chapel in Glasgow, last time I visited in 2003.
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