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Sisinnius exhorts St Denis to renounce his faith, 1317. St Denis, St Eleutherius and St Rusticus, in chains, stand before Sisinnius who attempts to order them to repudiate Christianity. Manuscript illustration from a work on the life of St Denis (died c258 AD), written by Yves, a monk at the Abbey of St Denis. The book depicts the torture and martyrdom of the saint by the Roman governor Fescenninus Sisinnius. The lower part of each scene depicts people on the bridge over the River Seine. Here, a shepherd with his sheep, and a swineherd with hogs. From the collection of the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.