9 June 2007
The outside of the chapel had little scenes, arranged like the stations of the cross, but instead dealing with events in Jesus' life that involved Mary.
They start with a scene where Mary presented Jesus at the temple for whatever rituals were normal for male infants at the time. A blind cleric named Simon had a flash on insight and recognized the baby Jesus as the messiah.
"De voorzegging van Simeon."
My elementary school was named for Saint Simon. There is also a Saint Simon who is the patron of buisiness (shown in modern icons sitting with a bag of money on his lap, holding a shotgun (at least on a holy candle I saw once)). I don't know if it is the same St Simon or a different one.
Anyway, this picture was taken in Belgium, south of Antwerp

Date		6/9/2007 1:33:14 PM
Camera model		DSC-U30
Shutter speed		1/125
Aperture		f/4.0
Maximum aperture		f/2.8
Exposure bias		0.00
Exposure		Normal program
Focal length		5mm
Light source		Unknown
Flash		Off
Metering		CenterWeightedAverage
ISO sensitivity		100

 

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