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05 Works, Today, February 8th, is Saint John of Matha’s Day, With Footnotes – # 39
Saint John of Matha (1160–1213) was a Christian saint of the 12th century and founder of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, dedicated to ransoming captive Christians. Between the eighth and the fifteenth centuries medieval Europe was in a state of intermittent warfare between the Christian kingdoms of southern Europe and the Muslim polities of…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, February 8th, is Saint John of Matha’s Day, With Footnotes – 39
It should be noted that the actual vision of St. John de Matha was of Christ and two captives not an angel as has been reflected at times erroneously in some works of art. See the Mosaic St. John de Matha had installed in Rome at St. Thomas in Formis for an account of the…
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