Saint portrait

Gross, Mrs Courtlandt S., née Alexandra van Rensselaer Devereux; other married name Mrs Rodman Wanamaker II, 1929, Oil on canvas. By De Laszló.

St. Philomena, Virgin, Martyr and Wonderworker. St. Philomena has the distinction of being the only saint canonized SOLELY on the basis of the profound miracles attributed to her intercession.

Description St. Rita of Cascia © Cecilia Lawrence May 21st 2014 4.5 x 6 inches Ink, watercolor, gold leaf "Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." ~ Matthew 5:9 Happy Feast of St. Rita, patroness of hopeless and impossible situations! She just so happens to be my birthday patroness, so I decided that I ought to do an icon of her at some point. Most depictions of her have her dressed in the habit of modern Augustinian nuns, but I decided to represent her in…

St. Margaret of Scotland, or Margaret of Wessex, was an English princess born in Hungary to Princess Agatha of Hungary and English Prince Edward the Exile around 1045. Her siblings, Cristina and Edgar the Atheling were also born in Hungary around this time. Margaret and her family returned to ...

I wanted to do a write-up for all of you to know about the Miracles that canonized Saint Margaret of Scotland, and made her a Saint. So without further ado… “The only Royal Scott…

Attributed to Cornelius Engebrechtsz (circa 1465-1527, Holland) - Saint Barbara and Saint Catherine (pair) [oil on wood], 1533, 75.5 x 23.5 cm, private collection

June 8, 2015 – A brief history of ultramarine.Michelangelo couldn’t afford ultramarine. His painting The Entombment, the story goes, was left unfinished as the result of

Saint Olga by Milhail Nesterov — Oil on canvas, (1892-1893)

Petrus verloochent Jezus 3 keer. Matteüs 4: 18-22.

KDS Photo, Musee Fabre Montpellier, oil painting by Francois-Xavier Fabre, "Study for "The Sermon of Saint John the Baptist"", 1790

Share This With Your Friends (and Your Enemies, too!)Saint Jerome (A.D. 347-420) is “one of those saints.” He is the saintly equivalent of your crazy uncle, who causes you to ask “Did he just say that!?” However, unlike your crazy uncle, he is actually on-target. Admittedly, Saint Jerome is not renowned for having had the warmest personality, […]

༺ 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 ༻ on Instagram: “Ladislaus I of Hungary or St. Ladislaus (Laszlo) (1040-1095). King of Hungary between 1077-1095. Portrait by Ignac Roskovics (1854-1916).…”