Pies: In early Christian tradition, Saint Christopher, the patron

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The Specifics of Veneration of St. Christopher in Russia and the Iconography of the Martyr in Old Believers’ Art.. Saint Christopher is rightly considered one of the most unusual Saints of the Christian world. Hewas most often portrayed in the Orthodox tradition zoomorphic, with a head of a dog or a horse. This article is devoted to the analysis of Saint Christopher’s iconography in Old Believers’ art where the image of the martyr was especially popular.The author has made an attempt to systematize the Old Believers’ icons of the 18th–19th centuries from Russian and foreign museums, private collections, and published catalogues of the exhibitions which represent Saint Christopher’s image. I…

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Saint Christopher (Greek: Ἅγιος Χριστόφορος, romanized: Hágios Christóphoros, lit. 'Christ-bearer'; Latin: Sanctus Christophorus), also called Christopher of Lycia (Lycea), is a legendary figure venerated by several Christian denominations as a martyr and saint. The various legends regarding the saint do not agree on the time and place of his activity. His legendary birthplace is variously placed in Marmarica (west of Egypt), Asia Minor, or Barbaria. The legendary accounts may situate the saint's legendary martyrdom during the reign of the 3rd-century Roman emperors Decius (r. 249–251), Diocletian (r. 284–305) or Maximinus Daza (r. 308–313). A martyrium of a Saint Christopher consecrated ne…

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HORSE-HEADED SAINT CHRISTOPHER FRESCO IN THE SVIYAZHSK ASSUMPTION CATHEDRAL (16th -17th CENTURY, RUSSIA): HISTORY AND ARCHAEOMETRY. The present paper is devoted to the study of wall paint of the late 16th - early 17th centuries with zoomorphic image of St. Christopher located at the Assumption Cathedral (which became UNESCO object in 2017) of the town-island of Sviyazhsk and is the first investigation of Russian murals of this time. The work includes archaeometry examination of wall paint with portable X-ray fluorescent spectrometer (pXRF) for the pigment’s determination and by optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (OM-SEM) for fresco structure study with some notes of the app…

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Saint Christopher in medieval Spanish literature. The thesis explores the legend of Saint Christopher as presented in four fourteenth- and fifteenth-сеntury manuscripts, the oldest extant Castillan accounts. Chapter One outlines the legend's origins in fourth-century Eastern Mediterranean culture, and its trajectory as far as its appearance in Jacobus de Voragine's Legenda aurea, commenting on the changes made to content and emphasis as the account evolved. The focus narrows in Chapter Two, where the transmission from Latin to Castillan is considered in detail, and comparisons drawn between the four vernacular accounts. Chapter Three and Four deal with thematic aspects of the legend as they…

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James the Great (Koine Greek: Ἰάκωβος, romanized: Iákōbos; Classical Syriac: ܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: Yaʿqōḇ; died c. 44) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was the second of the apostles to die, after Judas Iscariot, and the first to be martyred. Saint James is the patron saint of Spain and, according to tradition, what are believed to be his remains are held in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, Spain. He was also known as James the Apostle; James, son of Zebedee; James, brother of John; James, Son of Thunder, Saint James the Great; Saint James the Greater; St. James the Major; Saint James the Elder; Saint Jacob; and Santiago.

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Saint George and the Dragon is a legend in which Saint George—a soldier venerated in Christianity and among the Druze—defeats a dragon. The story goes that the dragon originally extorted tribute from villagers. When they ran out of livestock and trinkets for the dragon, they started giving up a human tribute of two children per day, selected by lot. One day, the princess herself was selected as the next offering. As she was walking toward the dragon's cave, St. George saw her and asked why she was crying. The princess told the saint about the dragon's atrocities and asked him to flee immediately, in fear that he might be killed too. But the saint refused to flee, slew the dragon, and rescue…

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Casimir Jagiellon (; Latin: Casimirus; Lithuanian: Kazimieras; Polish: Kazimierz; 3 October 1458 – 4 March 1484) was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The second son of King Casimir IV Jagiellon, he was tutored by Johannes Longinus, a Polish chronicler, diplomat, and priest. After his elder brother Vladislaus was elected as King of Bohemia in 1471, Casimir became the heir apparent. At the age of 13, Casimir participated in the failed military campaign to install him as King of Hungary. He became known for his piety, devotion to God, and generosity towards the sick and poor. He became ill (most likely with tuberculosis) and died at the age of 25. He was b…

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Saint Christopher. The Patron of Treasure Hunters

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various Christian denominations made him the patron saint of travelers . Small images of him are often worn around the neck, on a bracelet, carried in a pocket

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