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Also Known As	washing of feet • Pedilavium

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Serving all God's people on Maundy Thursday

The Washing of the Feet, polychrome wood, 1498, detail from the high altar in the cathedral of Toledo, Spain.

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Maundy Thursday Last Supper Eucharist imposition of hands

Holy week. Easter. Valladolid. Procession of Nazarenos carry a cross during the Semana Santa (Holy week before Easter) in Valladolid, Spain. Good Friday

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