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Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison, c1640-1645. Creator: Alessandro Turchi.

Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison, c1640-1645. Creator: Alessandro Turchi.

3-002-373 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Saint Agatha Attended by Saint Peter and an Angel in Prison, c1640-1645. According to an early Christian legend, when a 3rd-century Roman official of Sicily desired the Christian woman Agatha, and she refused to yield to his advances, he had her tortured, and even ordered her breasts cut off. At night in prison, she was visited by a vision of Saint Peter and an angel, and her breasts were miraculously restored.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Alessandro Turchi, attributed to: Italian: Artist, painter
Subject
  1. St Agatha: Italian; Sicilian: Martyr, saint
  2. St Peter: Judean: Saint, apostle
Medium
  1. Oil on slate
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe Italy Sicily

  1. 37 30 00 N , 014 00 00 E
Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

Artistic Representations Portraits

People Other

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4960x3484
File Size : 50,627kb

Aliases

  1. 37.552
  1. 1100000013
  1. 3-002-373
  1. 3002373
  1. 37.552

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