A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 297
istinguished for his piety, heput to death his eldest son on the accusation of his second wife, who hated and falsely accused the son of her prede-cessor. But Sigismond was seized with remorse, and sorely repented his crime. He prayed that his deserved punishment mif^ht be inflicted in tliis world… … St. Sigismond. His body was thrown into a well, but was at length removed to the con-vent of St. Maurice. In a chapel dedicated to St. Sigismond in Cre- 280 LEGENDS AND STORIES mona, Francesco Sforza was married to Bianca Visconti, and in Avitnesaof his love and gratitude he adorned this chapel…
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