The Pentecost
1150-60
Champlevé enamel on copper gilt, 11,4 x 11,4 cm
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Sunday, May 21
Liturgical Color: Green
Today is the optional memorial
of St. Christopher Magallanes,
priest, and his companions,
martyrs. In the 1920’s, St.
Christopher ran a seminary in
Mexico. He and 21 priests were
arrested and killed by the anti-
Catholic government.