Saint Peter Martyr; Gualenghi-d'Este Hours, about 1469. Additional Info: Saint Peter Martyr, a Dominican preacher and an inquisitor for the pope, displays the tools of his martyrdom: A dagger penetrates his chest, and a broad-bladed knife cleaves his skull. In this emblematic image, whose calm belies the violence of his death, Peter wears the habit of the Dominican order.
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