person
St Thomas the Apostle
Thomas
also: Doubting Thomas, der Apostel Thomas
The apostle who comes too late---as at the Resurrection, so at Mary's burial; for him alone the angel opens the empty, lavender-scented tomb in the cycle's last poem.
Reading notes
- The Life of the Virgin Mary §13 the apostle Thomas
Thomas, who---as at the Resurrection---comes too late; for him the angel rolls back the stone on the empty, fragrant tomb.