M0014112: Statue of Saint Livertin

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Livertin, he is one of the six healing saints

Wooden statue of Saint Livertin, one of the six healing saints from Notre Dame du Haut, Moncontour, Brittany. Invoked against headache and plague. The item was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4777/1937). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provide an entry for the item: acc. number R4777/1937 (image 200)

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.