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An unexpected God: Oscar Wilde's 'Ave Maria, Gratia Plena'

Despite being baptised in the Church of Ireland, the Irish writer Oscar Wilde was fascinated by all things Catholic. As a dramatist (in both his professional and personal life), Wilde may have been attracted in part by the high aesthetics of the Catholic Church. But when, on a visit to Florence in 1881, he stumbled on the Mother of God at her Annunciation, his expectations were upended. You may know the Leonardo da Vinci painting of the Annuncia…
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