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Images of religious figures including saints and biblical characters depicted in traditional styles with detailed garments and symbolic elements.

Veljusa, Strumica, North Macedonia. September 3, 2024. Mural in the church at the Monastery of Theotokos the Merciful.

BREVIARIO OSCENSE-SIG 11-FOL 93-EL SALVADOR. Location: CATEDRAL. HUESCA. SPANIEN.

Old fresco at orthodox chapel near Asen's Fortress, Bulgaria, Europe

GREECE, Northeastern Aegean Islands, LESVOS (Mytilini), Sigri: Westernmost port on Lesvos, Harbor Chapel, Religious Paintings

Saint Innocent, bishop of Irkutsk by Russian icon / Private Collection/ 19th century/ Russia/ Tempera on panel/ Russian icon painting/ 44,5x32,4/ Portrait,Bible

St. Anhony the Great, altar of St. Anthony the Great in the church of Saint Matthew in Stitar, Croatia

Saint Mitrofan of Voronezh, Russian icon

Saint Leopold Mandic Saint Leopold Mandic Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtleticx 2126523

Saint Antipas of Pergamum by Greek icon / St. Demetrios Church, Pomona/ 1990s/ Greece/ Tempera on panel/ Icon Painting/ Bible

Saint Nikolai Russian Church, Sofia, Bulgaria, Colourful mosaic above entrance

Portrait of Bernardino of Siena by Sano di Pietro (1406-1481) Italian painter of the Sienese school of painting. Dated 15th Century

Falconara Marittima, località Castelferretti (Italia, Marche - provincia di Ancona), chiesa di Santa Maria della Misericordia. Parete di fondo, San Bernardino da Siena, Trinità, affreschi metà del XV secolo (1450-55), Maestro di Castelferretti (Giambono di Corrado da Ragusa)

St. Antonius, Hermit in Egypt (C. 250-350 AD) Artist Unknown Fresco St. Jean Baptist Chapel, Lanslevillard, France

San Jose, Convento de San Buenaventura, capilla del Belén de la misma iglesia, Llucmajor, Mallorca,Islas Baleares, España.

Icon of St Nicholas, 15th century Byzantine art. Church of Virgin Hodegetria, Arediou, Cyprus.

Saint Paul statue on the main altar in the church of Saint Matthew in Stitar, Croatia

Saint Seraphim of Sarov by Greek icon / St. Demetrios Church, Pomona/ 1990s/ Greece/ Tempera on panel/ Icon Painting/ Bible

Detail of fresco in Capharnaum Capernaum Greek Orthodox church, Capharnaum, Galilee, Israel, Middle East

Saint Stephen. Colour lithograph.

Lazio Roma Rome Episcopal Complex (S. Giovanni in Laterano, Baptistery, Cathedral, Cloister)05. Hutzel, Max 1960-1990 Exterior views of 5th c. baptistery, restored in the 17th c. Interior views of baptismal urn (16th c.), carved walls, ceiling and wall painting; of mosaics and bronze doors in Cappella del Battista; of altar and mosaics in Cappella di S. Venanzio; of mosaic and statue in Cappella di S. Giovanni Evangelista. Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculpture, sculptural fragments, fresco painting, painting, coffering, tiling, stucco. Views 756-886 are of the cathedral. Medieval: Architecture, architectural sculpture, sculptural fragments, architectural fragments, tombstones, mosaics, sculpture, fresco painting, sculptural relief. Object Notes: Hutzel includes guidebook in German on the site. prints matched to negs General Notes: Views 756 thru 886 are of the Baptistery. German-born photographer and scholar Max Hutzel (1911-1988) photographed in Italy from the early 1960s u

St. Peter Church or Sao Pedro Igreja, Azulejos on the facade, Gouveia, Castelo Branco district, Beira, Portugal, Europe

Paintings of Saint Nicholas in a church, St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Juneau, Alaska, USA

St. ludovico church at the bretto village, camerata cornello, Italy

Russian icon with Bishop of Novgorod by anonymous painter, tempera on panel, 20th century, Private Collection

Saint Columba (7 December 521 - 9 June 597 CE)also known as Colum Cille, or Chille (Old Irish, meaning 'dove of the church'), Colm Cille (Irish), Calum Cille (Scottish Gaelic), Colum Keeilley (Manx Gaelic) and Kolban or Kolbjørn (Old Norse)was a Gaelic Irish missionary monk who propagated Christianity among the Picts during the Early Medieval Period. He was one of the Twelve Apostles of Ireland.

The Prophet Malachi (Detail of Interior Mosaics in the St. Mark's Basilica) by Byzantine Master / Saint Mark's Basilica, Venice/ 12th century/ Byzantium/ Mosaic/ Gothic/ Bible

Florence, Florence, Santa Croce, interior, panel painting with scenes from the life of St Francis

Glorification of Saint Francis.

Fresco inside the 19th century, Greek Orthodox, Chapel of St. George on Mount Lycabettus (Lycabettos), in Athens, Greece

Antonio Vivarini: Saint Simeon, Altarpiece in Euphrasian Basilica in Porec, Croatia

Saint Sabbas the Sanctified by Greek icon / St. Demetrios Church, Pomona/ 1990s/ Greece/ Tempera on panel/ Icon Painting/ Bible

Italy, Sicily, Palermo, Capella Palatina, mosaics

Wooden iconostasis by Angelos Masketis from the church of the Pantocratoras, 1683. Christ in Majesty. Byzantine Museum. Zante. Ionian Islands. Greece.

Thi Nghe Church. Stained glass. Saint Joachim was the husband of Saint Anne and the father of Mary. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

Mission San Javier de Vigge, San Javier, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Germany - 11 August 2020: mural of Saint Peter on the wall of the St. Petri church in Rostock

Wall mosaic, Moni Agiou Mina Monastery, Cyprus, Europe

Enamel medallion with the image of Jesus Christ. Publication of the book Meyers Konversations-Lexikon Enamel medallion with the image of Jesus Christ. Publication of the book Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 7, Leipzig, Germany, 1910 Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 21639721

Greek Orthodox, Christian icon (20th century); Bethlehem, Palestine

MACEDONIA, Ohrid. Icon of St. (Sveti) Kliment at Sveti Kliment Church

Gavelli, fraz. di Sant'Anatolia di Narco (Italia, Umbria, Valnerina. - provincia di Perugia), chiesa di San Michele Arcangelo. Zona absidale ciclo di affreschi di Giovanni di Pietro, detto Lo Spagna, arco del presbiterio con figure di santi

St Elie (Saint Elias) Greek orthodox church, Rabieh, Lebanon. St Basil the Great

Martyr of Sebaste Nicholas. Date/Period: 1000. Author: UNKNOWN.

Portrety deviati Russkikh Patriarkhov, iz Kornia 1672 goda Portraits of Russian Patriarchs, from the Titularnik of 1672. Rovinski, D. A. (Dmitri Aleksandrovich), 1824-1895. Prints. 1884 - 1890. Rare Book Division

Saint Augustine of Hippo

Saint Francis of Paula holding his walking stick and looking at the sun; church and mountains in the background. Colour lithograph, 1898.

Freski v Karie- Dzhami, prezhnii monastyr', Konstantinopol' Frescoes, Kariye Camii (Saint Saviour in Chora), Constantinople.. Gagarin, Grigorii Grigorevich, kniaz (1810-1893). Prints, Illustrations. 1897 - 1903. General Research Division. Architecture , Russia, Architecture, Byzantine, Architecture , Georgia (Republic), Decoration and ornament, Byzantine, Decoration and ornament, Russian

Portrait of Saint Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, with mitre and crook, within decorative border of foliage. Vignettes of Saint Theodisius the Cenobiarch, Saint Gudula, Saint Peter, Bishop of Rome, and Saint Lucian of Antioch, Lucian the Martyr. Chromolithograph by Jacquet from Legende Celeste, nouvelle histoire de la Vie des Saints, Celestial Legend, Lives of the Saints, Paul Mellier, Paris, 1845.

Mural art in a monolithic church, King Lalibela, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa

Saint Paisius Velichkovsky by Greek icon / St. Demetrios Church, Pomona/ 1990s/ Greece/ Tempera on panel/ Icon Painting/ Bible

Saint Nicholas, mosaic in the Mother Teresa cathedral in Vau i Dejes, Albania

Los Papas y los Bárbaros. San Gregorio I Magno (540-604), Papa de de la iglesia católica de 590 a 604. Grabado de 1866.

Vezelay abbey, Sainte-Marie-Madeleine basilica, Yonne, France. Saint James icon.

Saint Leopold Mandic with Blessed Virgin Mary

Wall Painting of Male Saint 12th century, modern restoration Byzantine The largest of these fresco fragments may represent the late fourth-century saint John Chrysostom, who is usually depicted with a pointed beard, sunken cheeks, and a high forehead.. Wall Painting of Male Saint 473058

Saint James the Greater (with the Virgin of the Annunciation) Martino di Bartolommeo di Biagio Italian. Saint James the Greater (with the Virgin of the Annunciation) 436979

Mosaic on the wall of a church, El Santuario De Chimayo, Chimayo, New Mexico, USA

Telesphorus (born in Greece, died in Rome in 136 or 137) was Bishop of Rome (ca. 125/126-136/137) during the reign of Emperor Hadrian, Historical, authentic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, subsequently coloured

Old Photo. Monastery. Praskvica. Yugoslavia Federal Republic

Mosaic of a religious figures in church of the savior on spilled blood, st. petersburg russia

Painting of a patriarch at the Church of the Holy Trinity, Patriarhia, Bucharest, Romania, Europe

The Blessed Humility and Eleven Stories from Her Life', c1306-1348. Artist: Pietro Lorenzetti. Pietro Lorenzetti (1280-1348) was an Italian painter, active between c1306 and 1345. Together with his younger brother Ambrogio, he introduced naturalism into Sienese art.

Moses, religious leader and principal prophet of Israelites. Half-length 'portrait' of Moses facing right, holding the tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments given him by God on Mount Sinai. Hand-coloured lithograph c1874. Judaism

Saint Leopold Mandic

Greek religious icon Greek religious icon in a local little chapel Copyright: xZoonar.com/IvonnexWierinkx 7057835

Los Papas y los Bárbaros. San Gregorio III (-741), Papa de de la iglesia católica de 731 a 741. Grabado de 1866.

Kosmaj, Rogaca, Belgrade District, Serbia. September 12, 2024. Mural in the Tresije Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Kosmaj.

The patriarch Saint Joseph, being ministered to by angels, painted circa 1870

Saint Benedict of Nursia

Saint Stephen Saint Stephen Copyright: xZoonar.com/ZvonimirxAtleticx 2148859

Thi Nghe Church. Stained glass. Saint Augustine of Hippo. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

Thi Nghe Church. Stained glass. Saint Augustine of Hippo. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

Ahamra region, Azoa Maryam round church on the Zeghie peninsula in Lake Tana, Lake Tsana or Lake Dembea, mural painting, Ethiopia, Africa

St Seraphim Sarovsky and life

The mosaic of Father Pius - Padre Pio - in the church of Santa Maria Maddalena RAVENNA, ITALY - JUNE 12, 2024: the mosaic of Father Pius - Padre Pio - in the church of Santa Maria Maddalena Copyright: xZoonar.com/PAOLOxGALLOxMODENAx 22243613

St. Felix III (San Felice III), pope from 483 to 492. Location: BASILICA DE SAN PABLO. Rome. ITALIA. FELIX III PAPA.

Saint Tikhon of Zadonsk (1724_1783), Bishop of Voronezh by Greek icon / St. Demetrios Church, Pomona/ 1990s/ Greece/ Tempera on panel/ Icon Painting/ Bible

Orthodox Coptic icon of St. Bichoy, Chatenay_Malabry, Hauts de Seine, France, Europe

RUSSIA - 1992: shows The Saviour, by Andrei Rublev RUSSIA - CIRCA 1992: A stamp printed in Russia shows The Saviour, by Andrei Rublev, circa 1992 Copyright: xZoonar.com/OlgaxPopovax 6036057

Stained glass of King David, Lome, Togo, West Africa, Africa

Charlemagne (742/747/748-814), also known as Charles the Great or Charles I was the eldest child of King of the Franks, Pepin the Short. He took the Frankish throne after his father's death in 768, initially co-ruling with his brother Carloman I, who died in 771, leaving Charlemagne as undisputed ruler of the Franks. Charlemagne considered himself a protector of the papacy, and invaded northern Italy to remove the Lombards from power, becoming King of Italy in 774. He also led incursions into Muslim Spain and campaigned against the Saxons of the east, Christianising them upon penalty of death, resulting in events such as the Massacre of Verden. Uniting large swathes of Western Europe during the early Middle Ages, Charlemagne reached the height of his power when he was crowned 'Emperor of the Romans' in 800, recognised as the true successor of the Roman emperors of old. Now ruling as Holy Roman emperor, Charlemagne's conquests instigated the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of enlighte

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