Description of Coloring Page: a very simple, symbolic representation of a rose, Medieval Christians identified the five petals of the rose with the five wounds of Christ.
Roses also later came to be associated with the Virgin Mary. The red
rose was eventually adopted as a symbol of the blood of the Christian martyrs. A bouquet of red roses, often used to show love, is used as a Valentine's Day gift in many countries. On St George's Day in Catalonia people offer dark red roses as gifts, especially between lovers. The Virolai, a hymn to the Virgin of Montserrat, one of the black Madonnas of Europe, begins with the words: "Rosa d’abril, Morena de la serra..." (April rose, dusky lady of the mountain chain...). Therefore, this virgin is sometimes known as “Rosa d’abril”. The red rose is thus widely accepted as an unofficial symbol of Catalonia.
Roses are occasionally the basis of design for rose windows
comprising five or ten segments (the five petals and five sepals of a
rose) or multiples thereof, though most Gothic rose windows are much
more elaborate.
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