M0014093: Statue of Saint Augustine of Hippo / M0014094: Statue of Saint Tremeur (also known as Saint Tremorus of Brittany)

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Augustine of Hippo, holding up the church and trampling on its attackers.

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Tremeur, a 6th century Breton saint,

Wooden statue of St Augustine of Hippo (354-430), holding the church and trampling on its attackers, each of whom holds one of his books, and wooden statue of St Tremeur, also St Tremorous of Brittany, a 6th century Breton saint, who was murdered, whilst still a youth, in the monastery of Rhugs (Morbihan) by his father. Invoked for head pains. The statue of St Augustine was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1955 (accession number R37/1955). The statue of St Tremeur was purchased by the Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1938 (accession number R570/1938). Neither statue is held by Wellcome Collection.

1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide an entry for the items: acc. number R37/1955 and acc. number R570/1938

Copyright held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.