St. George

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Saint George and the Dragon

St. George, from a 17th-century Ethiopian manuscript of the Gospels

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Flourished	c.201 - c.300

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Saint George and the Dragon

St. George, from a 17th-century Ethiopian manuscript of the Gospels

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Lazarus

New Testament parable figure

Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)

St. Paul the Apostle

Christian Apostle

Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine

St. Augustine

Christian bishop and theologian

St. Peter the Apostle

St. Peter the Apostle

Christian Apostle

Constantine I

Constantine I

Roman emperor

Justinian I

Justinian I

Byzantine emperor

Origen

Christian theologian

Diocletian

Diocletian

Roman emperor

Fra Filippo Lippi: Madonna and Child

Mary

mother of Jesus

Theodosius I

Theodosius I

Roman emperor

St. Ignatius of Antioch

Syrian bishop

Domenico Ghirlandaio: St. Jerome in His Study

St. Jerome

Christian scholar

Nero

Nero

Roman emperor

Ernest Renan

French scholar

Julian the Apostate, detail of a marble statue; in the Louvre, Paris.

Julian

Roman emperor

St. Clement of Alexandria

Christian theologian

St. Luke

St. Luke

biblical author

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.

Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius

Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman

Patron saint of Ireland

St. Patrick

bishop and patron saint of Ireland

St. Ambrose

St. Ambrose

bishop of Milan