aureola
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thumb|17th century Central Tibetan [[thanka of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra, Rubin Museum of Art]] thumb|upright|Images of Mary, mother of Jesus, are often surrounded by an aureole, as in this image of [[Our Lady of Guadalupe.]] thumb|right|Resurrection of Christ, fresco in [[Chora Church, Istanbul]]
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- In art
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- Aureole (atmospheric phenomenon)
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thumb|17th century Central Tibetan [[thanka of Guhyasamaja Akshobhyavajra, Rubin Museum of Art]] thumb|upright|Images of Mary, mother of Jesus, are often surrounded by an aureole, as in this image of [[Our Lady of Guadalupe.]] thumb|right|Resurrection of Christ, fresco in [[Chora Church, Istanbul]]
An aureola or aureole (diminutive of Latin aurea 'golden') is the radiance of luminous cloud which, in paintings of sacred personages, surrounds the whole figure.