M0014021: Two statues of Saint Paul de Leon (6th century)

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Paul de Leon (12th March).

Two carved wooden statues of St Paul de Leon (492-570) who is said to have saved Brittany from a dragon by ordering it to throw itself into the sea. Invoked against storms and sea. The statues were purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1929 and 1934 respectively and accessioned in 1938 (accession numbers R421/1938 and R448/1938). They are not held by Wellcome Collection.

June 1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for the items: R421/1938 and R448/1938 (images 15 and 19)

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.