Assumption of the Virgin by Giacomo Francia 1468-1557 Giulio Francia 1487-1540 1513 Italy, Italian, ( From the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Mirandola, Assumption Day commemorates the belief that when Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, died, her body was "assumed" into heaven to be reunited with her soul, instead of going through the natural process of physical decay upon death.

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