Lady Chapel, Ruth and Naomi

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This fresco, located in the Old Testament end of the Lady Chapel, is of Ruth, great-grandmother of David, and her mother in law Naomi. Both important figures in the Bible, especially Ruth who has a book named after her, and according to Matthew is an ancestor of Jesus.

Photograph, SJ55
Lady Chapel, Ruth and Naomi
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