05 Works, Today, March 2nd, is Holy Martyr Euthalia’s Day, With Footnotes – #60

Andrea Mantegna ( c. 1431 – September 13, 1506) was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g. by lowering the horizon in order to create a sense of greater monumentality. His flinty, metallic landscapes and somewhat stony figures give evidence of a fundamentally sculptural approach to painting. He also led a workshop that was the leading producer of prints in Venice before 1500. More on Andrea Mantegna

The Holy Martyr Euthalia was from Sicily, and she had a mother who also was named Euthalia who suffered from a flow of blood. One night the mother beheld the three Holy Martyrs Alphius, Philadelphos and Cyprinus in a dream, who said to her: “If you believe in Christ and are baptized, surely you will be healed and saved. If, however, you will not believe, depart far from us.” Euthalia woke up, and was persuaded by the words of the Holy Martyrs. Therefore she believed in Christ, and was baptized. Straightway, Euthalia was restored from her affliction of hemorrhaging. Her daughter Euthalia, upon witnessing the miracle, also believed in Christ and was baptized…

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