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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture That would be my thought. An alternative hypothesis, that he's really Marley's ghost, seems ruled out by the absence of chains. For a more upscale Italian example (the paper bag here suggests that the Amico of the photograph may be in North America), have a look at the famous fourteenth-century bust of St. Agatha at Catania: http://www.cataniaperte.com/santagata/reliquie/reliquie.htm Best again, John Dillon On Mon, 03 Nov 2003 09:06:28 -0500 Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >John Dillon <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Amicus of Avellana >>For a photo of a modern cult statue of him, looking neither eremitical nor >aged, go directly to: >> http://www.artsci.lsu.edu/phil/faculty/payne/Amico.JPG > > >looks like he's covered with ex-voto offerings? > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html