Historical Religious Figures

Engravings of saints and religious leaders in traditional attire, showcasing historical contexts and artistic expression related to faith and heritage.

Saint Augustine of Hippo, The Church Father, Saint Augustine of Hippo. He is standing in front of a table with a bible and a crucifix and holds a burning heart in his hand. The print has a Latin signature, personal devotion or St. Augustine - male saint meditating, in ecstasy, Guilliam de Gheyn (mentioned on object), Paris, 1620 - 1650, paper, engraving, w 216 mm × h 304 mm
Saint Augustine of Hippo, The Church Father, Saint Augustine of Hippo. He is standing in front of a table with a bible and a crucifix and holds a burning heart in his hand. The print has a Latin signature, personal devotion or St. Augustine - male saint meditating, in ecstasy, Guilliam de Gheyn (mentioned on object), Paris, 1620 - 1650, paper, engraving, w 216 mm × h 304 mm
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The Order of Aviz is a Portuguese religious order of knights.. "After the conquest of Aviz the military castle erected there became the motherhouse of the order, and they were then called Knights of St. Benedict of Aviz, since they adopted the Benedictine rule in 1162. They were indebted to the Cistercians for their rule and their habit a white mantle with a green fleur-de-lysed cross.". Handcolored copperplate engraving of a knight from a religious military order from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796).
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Mother Jeronima de la Fuente, Franciscan nun, about to leave Spain for the Philippines where she founded a convent in Manila, 1620. Oil on canvas. Portrait by Diego Velasquez (1599-1660) Spanish painter. Missionary Crucifix Bible
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Saint. Kazimierz (1458 Kraków 1484 Grodno) Prince, Son of Kazimierz IV Jagiellończyk and Elżbieta Rakuszanka, Patron of Poland and Lithuania Driendl, Thomas (1805 1859)
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Death of Saint Francis Xavier, holding a crucifix and looking at the sky. Engraving, ca. 1840.
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Der Tod kommt zum Domherrn, Todten-Tantz after Beck, Nöller a. other painters by Georg Max. Theodor Goetz, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
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SAINT GIULIA torn from her family after converting to Christianity, she was sold as a slave, but eventually martyred Date: 3rd century
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Pope Pontifex maximus, Clement XI (23 July 1649 - 19 March 1721 in Rome), legal name Giovanni Francesco Albani, was Pope from 1700 to 1721, copperplate engraving by Caspar Luyken from 1703, digitally restored reproduction from an 18th century model
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Portrait of Pope Adrianus VI. Portrait of Pope Adrianus VI. He makes a blessing gesture with his right hand. In the undermaster his name and title, his birthplace and date of birth, his death place and duration and eight lines of Latin text.
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Costume of a Medieval priest, 9th century, ecclesiastical robes with crosses. From manuscript 510 by Gregory of Nazianus. Costume de Pretre, MS 510. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1827.
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