Sujet

The Heavy Stone - episode from the life of Saint Benedict of Nursia (480-547), 1387 (1877). Creator: Unknown.

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The Heavy Stone - episode from the life of Saint Benedict of Nursia, (480-547), 1387, (1877). Italian Christian monk, Founder of the Benedictine Order and considered the patriarch of Western monasticism. His disciples wanted to place a stone to build a chapel, but the devil sat on it, making it so heavy that no one could move it. Benedict blessed the stone and the devil fled. After a fresco by Spinello Aretino in the church of San Miniato al Monte, Florence, Italy, 1387. From "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et à l'Epoque de la Renaissance". Paris, 1877.

Date

1387

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/LTL

Notre référence

HRM26A20_292

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NA

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NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30.0Mo (5.7Mo) / 26.0cm x 29.0cm / 3065 x 3425 (300dpi)

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