medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 08/19/11, I wrote:
> > 1) Agapitus of Praeneste (?).
>
> A saint Agapitus as depicted in the later twelfth-century mosaics of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo:
> http://www.squinchpix.com/PHP_2T.php?setidx=942971&imgnum=0
> NB: If that doesn't open there's an enlargeable image at no. 60 here:
> http://squinchpix.com/searchn1.php
>
> Whereas there are other saints of this name, the presence here of very similar roundels for such other cathedral saints of southern Lazio as Magnus "of Trani" (principal relics at Anagni) and Caesarius of Terracina makes it very likely that the A. in this roundel is he of Praeneste / Palestrina.
Neither of those links is stable. This one should work:
http://www.squinchpix.com/searchn.php?zoom_query=Agapitos
> > 4) Helen, empress (d. 329).
> H. as depicted (at bottom right; at bottom left, St. Constantine the Great) of the central panel of a sixth-century Byzantine ivory triptych now in the Cabinet des Médailles of the BnF in Paris:
> http://www.lessing-photo.com/dispimg.asp?i=10050668+&cr=1&cl=1
Er, tenth(?)-century Byzantine ivory, probably portraying the imperial pair Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus and his wife Helen Lecapenus as their sainted fourth-century homonyms. Thanks to Genevra for the correction.
Best again,
JD
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