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.

119 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits, plans ; 21 x 22 cm.

San Gennaro : il miracolo = the miracle / Aldo Caserta, Gastone Lambertini ; [foto, Ciro Colombrino ; traduzione, Thea Theuissen].

184 pages, 40 unnumbered pages of plates : colour  illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

I santi Cosma e Damiano in Italia : ricerca ed espressione / Ferdinando Maggioni, Giuseppe Maggioni, Dantina Talmelli.

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

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San Gennaro : il miracolo = the miracle / Aldo Caserta, Gastone Lambertini ; [foto, Ciro Colombrino ; traduzione, Thea Theuissen].

I santi Cosma e Damiano in Italia : ricerca ed espressione / Ferdinando Maggioni, Giuseppe Maggioni, Dantina Talmelli.

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

Saints

Images from the collections

Images about Saints

Works from the collections

San Gennaro : il miracolo = the miracle / Aldo Caserta, Gastone Lambertini ; [foto, Ciro Colombrino ; traduzione, Thea Theuissen].

I santi Cosma e Damiano in Italia : ricerca ed espressione / Ferdinando Maggioni, Giuseppe Maggioni, Dantina Talmelli.

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

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