Tag: Saint
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05 works, Today, November 23rd, is Felicitas of Rome’s day, her story, illustrated #326
Felicitas of Rome (c. 101–165), also anglicized as Felicity, is a saint numbered among the Christian martyrs. Saint Felicitas is said to have been a rich and pious Christian widow who had seven sons. She devoted herself to charitable work and converted many to the Christian faith by her example. This aroused the wrath of…
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04 works, Today, November 15th, is Saint Felix of Nola’s day, his story illustrated #318
Saint Felix of Nola (d. ca. 250) Felix was the elder son of Hermias, a Syrian centurion who had retired to Nola, Italy. After his father’s death Felix sold off most of his property and possessions, gave the proceeds to the poor, and pursued a clerical vocation. Felix was ordained by, and worked with, Saint…
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10 works, Today, November 6th, is Christina von Stommeln’s day, her story illustrated #308
Christina von Stommeln was a Beguine who was ascribed mystical experiences, so that she gained the reputation of holiness and was worshiped in the area of the Duchy of Jülich and in the Archdiocese of Cologne… Please follow link for full post
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05 works, Today, November 5th, is Saint Elizabeth’s day, her story illustrated #307
Elizabeth and her husband Zachariah were “righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless”, but childless. While he was in the temple Zacharias was visited by the angel Gabriel… Please follow link for full post
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Gustav Klimt, Adam and Eve; 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – #4
Adam and Eve was Klimt’s first biblical painting. Certainly it was the only one to present humankind in a state of grace, for the scene would seem to be set before the Fall, perhaps at the moment of Eve’s creation. As the sole truly chaste woman, Eve is a heroine very different from Judith. Klimt’s contemporaries…
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05 works, Today, October 21th, is Saint Hilarion’s day, her story illustrated #292
Saint Hilarion, (born c. AD 291, Tabatha, Palestine — died 371, Cyprus), monk and mystic who founded Christian monasticism in Palestine modeled after the Egyptian tradition… Please follow link for full post
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06 works, Today, October 20th, is Saint Ursula’s day, her story illustrated #291
Roman Emperor Maximian, having conquered Brittany, sent 100,000 colonists there from Great Britain together with 30,000 soldiers. He placed the territory under the government of the Breton prince Conanus Meriadocus. Lacking adequate females, Conanus decided to bring young women from Great Britain to marry his subjects. He appealed to King Dionotus of Cornwall. Please follow…
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05 works, Today, October 17th, is Saints Cosmas and Damian’s day, thier story illustrated #288
According to Christian traditions, Saints Cosmas and Damian were twin brothers, Arab physicians, and early Christian martyrs born in Cilicia, part of today’s Turkey. They practiced their profession in the seaport of Ayas, Adana, then in the Roman province of Syria. Accepting no payment for their services led to them being named “Unmercenary” it has…
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09 works, Today, October 15th, is Saint Longinus’ day, his story illustrated #286
Longinus is the name given in Christian mythology to the unnamed Roman soldier who pierced Jesus in his side with a lance. The lance is called in Christianity the “Holy Lance” during the Crucifixion. This act is said to have created the last of the Five Holy Wounds of Christ… Please follow link for full…
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Vincenzo Irolli, ANGEL LEADS A YOUNG WOMAN, 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 49
Vincenzo Irolli (30 September 1860 – 27 November 1949) was an Italian painter born in Naples. He enrolled at the Naples Institute of Fine Arts, and graduated three years later. The work he presented regularly at the exhibitions of the Naples Società Promotrice di Belle Arti as from 1879 comprised portraits and genre scenes. Irolli became a…
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10 works, Today, September 2nd, is the Martyrs of Nicomedia’s day, their story illustrated #245
The 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia refers to victims of persecution of Christians in Nicomedia, Bithynia (Izmit, Turkey) by the Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian in the early 4th century AD… Please follow link for full post
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10 works, Today, August 13th, is Marco d’Aviano’s day, their story illustrated #225
Marco d’Aviano, born Carlo Domenico Cristofori (November 17, 1631 — August 13, 1699) was an Italian Capuchin friar. orn in Aviano, a small community in the Republic of Venice. At 16 he tried to reach the island of Crete, where the Venetians were at war with the Ottoman Turks, in order to preach the Gospel and convert…
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06 works, Today, August 8th, is Martyr John Felton’s day, his story illustrated #220
John Felton (died 8 August 1570) was an English Catholic martyr, executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. Felton was a wealthy man of Norfolk ancestry, who lived at Bermondsey Abbey, a mansion built out of the materials of a great Cluniac monastery. He “was a man of stature”. His wife had been a playmate…
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07 Works, Today, June 22nd, is Saint Alban’s day, his story in Paintings #173
Saint Alban, Protomartyr of Britain, is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr. Alban lived in Roman Britain, in the 3rd or 4th century, when Christians began to suffer “cruel persecution”… Please follow link for full post
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08 Works, Today, June 21st, is Saint Luarsab’s day, his story in Paintings #172
Luarsab II the Holy Martyr (1592–1622), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was a king of Kartli (eastern Georgia) from 1606 to 1615. He is known for his martyr’s death at the hands of the Persian shah Abbas I… Please follow link for full post
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07 Works, Today, June 10th, is Saints Antonina and Alexander’s day, his story in Paintings #161
The Holy Martyrs Alexander and Antonina the Virgin. Saint Antonina was from the city of Krodamos. She was arrested for being a Christian, and was brought before the governor Festus. He urged her to worship the pagan gods, promising to make her a priestess of the goddess Artemis… Please follow link for full post
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05 Works, Today, June 8th, is Saint Melania the Elder’s day, her story in Paintings #159
Saint Melania the Elder, (born in Spain, ca. 350–died in Jerusalem before 410 or in ca. 417) was a Desert Mother who was an influential figure in the Christian ascetic movement that sprang up in the generation after the Emperor Constantine made Christianity a legal religion of the Roman Empire. She founded two religious communities…
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06 Works, Today, June 6th is Saint Hilarion’s day, his story in Paintings #157
Saint Hilarion was born around 776. His pious parents were known by Emperor Leo IV the Khazar, his father being the bread supplier at the imperial table… Please follow link for full post
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04 Works, Today, May 27th is Saint Restituta’s day, her story in Paintings #147
Saint Restituta (Santa Restituta of Africa; died in AD 255 or 304) is a saint and martyr of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. She was said to have been born in Carthage or Teniza (presently Ras Djebel, Tunisia) and martyred under Roman Emperor Diocletian. The location and date of her martyrdom are not…
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07 Works, Today, May 26th is Saint Augustine of Canterbury’s day, his story in Paintings #146
Saint Augustine of Canterbury, also called Austin, (born Rome? — died May 26, 604/605, Canterbury, Kent, England;) first archbishop of Canterbury and the apostle to England, who founded the Christian church in southern England… Please follow link for full post
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