St John the Beloved rests
against Christ in Domenico
Ghirlandaio’s The Last
Supper. Photo: Sailko The figure of St Joseph and St John are included alongside the Immaculate Virgin Mary in the apparition at Knock. In the 1879 vision all three wore luminous, white garments which indicate their transfigurations, and their personal, undefined chastity. They are among those dressed in white before the Lamb of God: the many whose robes,…
