A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1890)
Clement, Clara Erskine, 1834-1916 · Boston Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 268
ORIES keeper of the entrance to Paradise and give him po*ver to grant oirefuse admission. The Church of San Pietro in Vincoli at Rome,was built by Eudoxia, wife of Valentinian HI., to preserve the chainswith which St. Peter was bound at Jerusalem. The chains are pre-served in a bronze tabernacle in… … St. Peter of Alcantara. St. Peter of Alcantara was not canonized until 1669. Ac-cording to the legend he walked on the sea by faith. In a picturen the Munich Gallery, he not only walks himself, but a lay brothergoes with him, whom Peter seems to encourage by pointing toheaven. October 19, a. d.…
Art and mythology · Christian art and symbolism
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