In 1917 he was twice awarded the Military Medal for his devotion to duty in aiding wounded soldiers, and twice again in 1918; becoming the only person to be awarded the Military Medal four times.
Perhaps most evocative of Fra Angelico's spiritual and artistic generosity are his paintings for the dormitory cells of his companions, intended not for public consumption but to aid his brothers' private devotions.
After they died, cults of devotion arose at the sites of their graves, and pilgrimages to such sites were believed to aid the believer in acquiring help and blessing.
This devotion has generated a vibrant array of visual art, with sculptures and paintings often seen as themselves empowered to aid believers.
He talks of his devotion to national health insurance, generous foreign aid and multiculturalism.
She has been aided in this endeavor by her devotion to a second triad, that of light, color and flesh as they can be conveyed by the plasticity of oil paint.
But in the devotional (bhakti) movements associated with Vishnu and Shiva, an intense personal devotion to the deity concerned is believed to earn divine aid to salvation.
The rigid ideology expressed in the play now takes the form of the United Nations' own rules of engagement: absolute neutrality, prevention of violence and an impersonal devotion to "processes" like free elections, or even distribution of food aid.
He is aided immeasurably by his equally humble wife, O-Lan, whom whem he shares a devotion to the land, to duty, and to survival.
Some residents say the authorities intend to starve the villagers until they submit, yet they profess their devotion to the Communist Party and speak of how the central government will soon come to their aid.
