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> I don't think we have much Christian art earlier than c. AD 300.
> Either none
> was being made that early or it wasn't preserved. BTW, anyone have a
> date
> for the first elevation to sainthood of a non-Biblical person?
Not sure when formal canonizations began, but 'The Martyrdom of
Polycarp' would suggest that Christians were already at it ca. 150a.d.
Of course by that time Ignatius of Antioch might already have been
concidered a Saint as well?
-Caedmon
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