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<p>[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 236129, member: 29"]That was a crap explanation on my part, let me do it better. Too late at night!</p><p><br /></p><p>So, they're saints, as in they have halos. In traditional Catholic iconography, blue is reserved for the Virgin Mary. She isn't always wearing it, some of the shrine Madonnas are shown differently. But it's her colour, so it would be unlikely to clothe a monk in it in representational art of any kind. </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe that makes better sense. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ownedbybear, post: 236129, member: 29"]That was a crap explanation on my part, let me do it better. Too late at night! So, they're saints, as in they have halos. In traditional Catholic iconography, blue is reserved for the Virgin Mary. She isn't always wearing it, some of the shrine Madonnas are shown differently. But it's her colour, so it would be unlikely to clothe a monk in it in representational art of any kind. Maybe that makes better sense. ;)[/QUOTE]
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