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Many thanks, John - that's great. The crucial thing I think is the
absence of a crozier (or of course a mitre) - which makes me incline
towards the idea that the Gresford figure is not Leonard but Ninian.
Maddy
Dr Madeleine Gray, in the foothills of God's golden county of Gwent
Senior Lecturer in History
School of Education/Ysgol Addysg
University of Wales, Newport/Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd
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Subject: Re: [M-R] saints of the day 6. November - St Leonard of Noblac
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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
>
> Dr Madeleine Gray, in the foothills of God's golden county of Gwent
>
> Senior Lecturer in History
>
> School of Education/Ysgol Addysg
>
> University of Wales, Newport/Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd
>
> Caerleon Campus/Campws Caerllion, PO /Blwch Post 179
>
> Newport/Casnewydd NP18 3YG, Wales/Cymru
>
> Tel: +44 (0)1633.432675
>
>
> 'I ask you for help. And all you give me is ...papers!'
> (Magda in Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul)
>
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