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Pelican In Her Piety Painting Reredos Victorian 19th Century Symbol Exeter St Wynards Chapel

2nd July 2020

Pelican in her Piety

A Pelican in Her Piety is the image of a pelican feeding her chicks with her own blood by piercing her chest with her beak.

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