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Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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What Wikipedia says

The Eleusa (or Eleousa; Greek: Ἐλεούσα – tenderness or showing mercy) is a type of depiction of the Virgin Mary in icons in which the Christ Child is nestled against her cheek. In the Western Church the type is often known as the Virgin of Tenderness.

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Image: circle of Andreas Ritzos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.