Mary: The Queen of the House of David and Mother of Jesus The Story of Her Life

CHAPTER XXI.—THE QUEEN AND HER FAMILY IN EGYPT.

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Father Adolphus and Miriamne converse of the Holy Family’s sojourn in Egypt—Heliopolis and the Temple of the Sun—Fire-worshipers—At Memphis, the shrine of Apis the sacred bull—The red heifer of Israel—The Holy Family rescued in Egypt by a robber who afterward died on the cross next to the Savior—The legend of a gipsy’s prophecy concerning Jesus—Zingarella won by the Virgin. Page 312