Tag: Mattia Preti

02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 14, is St. Nicasius’ Day, With Footnotes – 147

Dec 14, 2018

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Mattia Preti (c. 1664-65)St. NicasiusOil on stoneSt. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta Saint Nicasius or Nicaise of Rheims (French: Saint-Nicaise; d. 407 or 451) was a bishop of Rheims. He founded the first cathedral in Rheims and is the patron saint of smallpox victims. Sources placing his death in 407 credit him with prophesying the invasion of…