THE PATRON SAINTS, THE MARTYRS, THE EARLY BISHOPS,
THE HERMITS, AND THE WARRIOR SAINTS

OF CHRISTENDOM,

UNIVERSITY Press: Welch, Bigelow, AND COMPANY,

CAMBRIDGE.

CONTENTS

OF VOL. II.

THE PATRON SAINTS OF CHRISTENDOM.

[Those Saints who had not a Scriptural or Apostolic Sanction, yet

were invested by the popular and universal Faith with a para-

mount Authority.)

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ST. GEORGE OF CAPPADOCIA. The Great Martyr. His Legend.

Devotional Figures. St. George and the Dragon. His-
torical Subjects from his Life

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St. SEBASTIAN. The Legend. Devotional Figures. As Patron

Saint against the Plague. Italian, Spanish, and German

Representations. The Legend of Marcus and Marcellinus.

The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. Various Examples.

St. Sebastian recalled to Life. How represented

18

St. Roch. The Legend. Unknown in Greek Art. Devotional

Figures. Separate Pictures from his Life and History 32

St. Cosmo and St. DAMIAN. The Legend. Always repre-

sented together. Old Mosaics. As Patron Saints of the

Medici Family. Miracles of St. Cosmo and St. Damian

represented in Pictures

41

Sr. CHRISTOPHER. His Legend a Religious Parable. Virtues

attributed to the Effigies of St. Christopher. Various

Examples of the Religious Representation. Examples

which must be considered exceptional. The History of

St. Christopher in a Series of Subjects

47

ST. NICHOLAS OF MYRA. The Saint of the People, and Pro-

tector of the Weak against the Strong. Universally
worshipped in the East and in the West.

The Legend.
Translation of his Relics from Asia Minor to Italy. De-
votional Figures of St. Nicholas. Attributes. Scenes

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