Visitation (Christianity)

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In Christianity, the Visitation is the visit of Mary, who was pregnant with Jesus, to Elizabeth, who was pregnant with John the Baptist, in the Gospel of Luke, Luke 1:39–56.

"Visitation" with donor portrait, from Altarpiece of the Virgin (St Vaast Altarpiece) by Jacques Daret, c. 1435 (Staatliche Museen, Berlin)

Statue of the Visitation at Church of the Visitation in Ein Karem, Israel

Eastern Christian fresco of the Visitation in St. George Church in Kurbinovo, North Macedonia

Visitation by Raphael, c. 1517

Elizabeth (biblical figure)

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Elizabeth was the mother of John the Baptist, the wife of Zechariah, and maternal aunt of Mary, mother of Jesus, according to the Gospel of Luke and in Islamic tradition. She was past normal child-bearing age when she conceived and gave birth to John.

Elizabeth (left) visited by Mary in the Visitation, by Philippe de Champaigne

15th century depiction of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, with Elizabeth on the left

Mariotto Albertinelli's imagining of Elizabeth (right), here pictured with Mary