M0013964: Statue of Saint Pourcain (6th century) / M0013965: Statue of Saint Ottilia (8th century)

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Pourcain (6th century at Saint-Pourcain).

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Saint Ottilia, 8th century.

Photograph of two statues of St Pourcain (also Portien or Porcianus) 6th century hermit, and St Ottilia of Alsace (c.662-c.720), also known as Odile and Odilia. St Pourcain is invoked against ailments of the eye and lameness. The statue was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1935 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R2418/1937) but is not held by Wellcome Collection. St Ottilia is the patron saint of good eyesight and invoked against diseases of the eye. The statue was purchased by the Museum in 1934 and accessioned in 1937 (accession number R4785/1937) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

1955

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: acc. number R2418/1937 and acc. number R4785/1937

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.