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CARITAS - is charity or love, the first theological virtue. At her feet a pelican, according to legend feeding its breed with its own blood. She shakes coins from an open purse and opens her cloak to show her flaming heart. According to Augustinus parted in a duality, Caritas Dei (according Psychomachia opposing invidia, envy) and Caritas Proximi (opposing Avaritia, avarice).

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