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Dear Maddy,
Although that sculpture above the main portal (one of a flanking pair) at San Leonardo di Lama Volara (San Leonardo di Siponto) is almost certainly a representation of St. Leonard, there's no documentation to prove that. Though the author of the site you looked at cautiously avoids identifying this sculpture flat-out as Leonard, using instead a conditional form ("Si tratterebbe"), I think it's pretty clearly L. Note the similar iconography in his mosaic representation (later twelfth- or early thirteenth-century) in the Cappella Palatina at Palermo:
http://tinyurl.com/2xc8x3
Here's another example of the same iconography (said to be of 1485; in private hands):
http://tinyurl.com/382bzf
Best,
John Dillon
On Monday, November 12, 2007, at 7:55 am, Madeleine Gray wrote:
> John, I've looked at the detailed depiction of the saint at
> http://www.garganonline.net/S.Leo2.html - do you know of any others?
> Or does anyone else have a good image showing how the saint was
> depicted in the late medieval period? I'm looking at the iconography
> of the font at Gresford which has a figure with manacles and fetters.
> This is traditionally identified as Leonard, and there is a chapel
> dedicated to St Leonard nearby. On the other hand, the figure at
> Gresford has what looks like a crozier and could be mitred (too much
> damage to be really sure) so I'm wondering if it could possibly be
> Ninian.
>
> I'm still trying to track down a reference I was given by a research
> student some time ago about connections between the cult of St Leonard
> and the Templars. Has anyone else come across this?
>
> Maddy
>
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