Tag: SAINT MARGARET
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1 Religious Icon, Sano di Pietro’s Saint Margaret, with footnotes #16
Margaret is celebrated as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches on July 20 and on July 17 in the Orthodox Church. Her historical existence has been questioned. She was declared apocryphal by Pope Gelasius I in 494, but devotion to her revived in the West with the Crusades. She was reputed to have…
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04 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 67
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, (1824–1898) The Beheading of St John the Baptist, circa 1869 Oil on canvas Height: 240 cm (94.5 in). Width: 316 cm (124.4 in). National Gallery John the Baptist (sometimes called John in the Wilderness; also referred to as the Angel of the Desert). The story of John the Baptist is told in…
Zaidan Gallery 