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    The Crucifixion of Saint Wilgefortis is a c. 1497 triptych by the Early Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch. The subject of the painting has been uncertain...
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    a crown, Wilgefortis is always depicted with a beard and generally crownless. In France Wilgefortis is known as Débarras ("riddance"). The confusion...
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    Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam or stake and left to hang until eventual...
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  • dating of the paintings possible. The findings of this investigation were published in a book in 2016. The book describes the other findings of the investigation...
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    part of the cult of Wilgefortis, the alter ego of the Holy Face. Images showing the legend normally feature the fiddler playing below the statue, which is...
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    The Temptation of St Anthony is an oil on panel painting by a follower of Hieronymus Bosch, created c. 1525 to 1530. It is now in the Centraal Museum...
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  • the Sigüenza Cathedral, Soreda depicted Saint Librada, whose cult was confused with Wilgefortis’ cult. The most famous work by Soreda is depiction of...
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    Vincent of Saragossa Behnam Lucy Wilgefortis Lawrence of Rome Cecilia Catherine of Alexandria Vitus the Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus Sophia the Martyr and...
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  • Saint symbolism has been used from the very beginnings of the religion. Each saint is said to have led an exemplary life and symbols have been used to...
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    Hieronymus Bosch (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
    The Hermit Saints Triptych, and The Crucifixion of St Julia. Rowland, Ingrid D. (18 August 2016). "The Mystery of Hieronymus Bosch". The New York Review...
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  • years of research result in The Temptation of Saint Anthony, a small painting at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, being attributed to the hand...
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    image of one, the reverse side often has engraved images of the Crucifixion of Jesus or other subjects. Examples in metalwork are the Cross of Justin...
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    ISBN 978-0-8923-6943-0 Friesen, Ilse. The Female Crucifix Images of St. Wilgefortis Since the Middle Ages. Waterloo, ON: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001...
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    Catelio; Wilgefortis and her sisters deliberate about their fate; Wilgefortis comforts one of her sisters; Decapitation of Wilgefortis and Wilgefortis enthroned...
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