Finally there is the 'Crucifixion' which ends the Mysteries of the Rosary. The Chapel & Altar of St. Elizabeth was designed by Charles T. Matthews and made by Paolo Medici in Rome Italy.
St. Elizabeth (circa 1st Century) and her husband, St. Zachary, were the parents of St. John the Baptist. She was a cousin of Mary. St. Zachary was visited by an angel and told the couple would have a son (Elizabeth was thought to be beyond childbearing age), and that they should name him John. When Zachary doubted this, he was struck dumb. Elizabeth was visited by Mary, at which time, Mary spoke the hymn of praise now known at the Magnificat. After John's birth, Zachary's speech was restored.
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