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

Andrea Mantegna
Saint Euphemia with crown, lily and palm branch, c. 1454

Tempera on canvas
190 × 95 cm (74.8 × 37.4 in)
National Museum of Capodimonte

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…

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