A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 263
so well known to all, that they are easilyrecognized in art. The church called San Paolo delle Tre Fon-tane near Rome, is built over three fountains which are said tohave sprung up at the three places where the head of St. Paulfell and bounded, after being cut ofi by the executioner. It issaid that… … 248 LEGENDS INI) STORIES has equalized the temperature, for I could not distinguish the dif-ference. Formerly a magnificent monastery existed here, but threeold churches and ruins, with a few sickly looking monks, are theonly remains of its former splendor. The body of St. Paul was in-terred where…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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