Person who has been recognized for having an exceptional degree of holiness, sanctity, and virtue; may or may not be a canonised saint

SS. Cosmas and Damian in a landscape. Oil painting, 17th c.

Delineatio partis sinistrae cranii devi Rumoldi martyris, Mechliniensium patroni colendisimi / concordat cum originali, attestor F.A. Vanderlinden, Urbis ac provinciae Mechlin Secretarius ; G. Herreyns delinearit.

SS. Cosmas and Damian dressing a chest wound. Oil painting.

Memory wall with saints and ancestors.

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0008117: The crucifixion of Saint Andrew, oil painting by Pierre Cast

Religio Scotica : its nature as traceable in Scotic saintly tradition / by Robert Craig Maclagan.

1 photograph sheet film negative; 16.3 x 11.8 cm

M0007200: Manuscript illustration of Saint Cosmas and Damian, 15th century

The miracles of St. Artemios : a collection of miracle stories by an anonymous author of seventh century Byzantium / by Virgil S. Crisafulli and John W. Nesbitt ; translated by Virgil S. Crisafulli, with an introduction by John W. Nesbitt and commentary by Virgil S. Crisafulli and John W. Nesbitt ; supplemented by a reprinted Greek text and an essay by John F. Haldon.

San Rocco : nella storia - nella tradizione - nel culto - nell'arte - nel folklore ed a Venezia / Ermenegildo Fusaro.

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Saints

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Works from the collections

M0008117: The crucifixion of Saint Andrew, oil painting by Pierre Cast

Religio Scotica : its nature as traceable in Scotic saintly tradition / by Robert Craig Maclagan.

M0007200: Manuscript illustration of Saint Cosmas and Damian, 15th century

San Rocco : nella storia - nella tradizione - nel culto - nell'arte - nel folklore ed a Venezia / Ermenegildo Fusaro.

Saints

Images from the collections

Images about Saints

Works from the collections

M0008117: The crucifixion of Saint Andrew, oil painting by Pierre Cast

Religio Scotica : its nature as traceable in Scotic saintly tradition / by Robert Craig Maclagan.

M0007200: Manuscript illustration of Saint Cosmas and Damian, 15th century

San Rocco : nella storia - nella tradizione - nel culto - nell'arte - nel folklore ed a Venezia / Ermenegildo Fusaro.

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