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Emperor Constantine I, presenting a model of the city to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Detail of the southwestern entrance mosaic in Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey).

Emperor Constantine I, presenting a model of the city to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Detail of the southwestern entrance mosaic in Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey).

A Byzantine mosaic shows Mary, Constantine, and Justinian. Constantine presents Mary with his city and Justinian with the Hagia Sophia.

A mosaic behind South Boston High reads "Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, and the wisdom to know the difference." The strongly Catholic nature of South Boston overrides the secular obligations of public school.