Sedes Sapientiae, Leuven
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The Sedes Sapientiae (Latin for Seat of Wisdom, one of the medieval titles of the Virgin), also known as Our Lady of Louvain, is a medieval wooden statue of the Virgin Mary. Nicolaas De Bruyne carved the statue in 1442, copying and enlarging an earlier and smaller statue from the 13th century. It is located in the church of Saint Peter in heart of the city of Leuven, Belgium. The statue was shattered by Allied bombing in the Second World War, though a replica is still on display in the church. It is the symbol of the Catholic University of Leuven, in whose seal it is enclosed in a vesica…mehr

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The Sedes Sapientiae (Latin for Seat of Wisdom, one of the medieval titles of the Virgin), also known as Our Lady of Louvain, is a medieval wooden statue of the Virgin Mary. Nicolaas De Bruyne carved the statue in 1442, copying and enlarging an earlier and smaller statue from the 13th century. It is located in the church of Saint Peter in heart of the city of Leuven, Belgium. The statue was shattered by Allied bombing in the Second World War, though a replica is still on display in the church. It is the symbol of the Catholic University of Leuven, in whose seal it is enclosed in a vesica piscis shape whose margin bears the text "Universitas catholica Lovaniensis. Sedes sapientiae" (Latin for Catholic University of Leuven. Seat of Wisdom).