A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1871)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 146
134 LEGENDS AND STORIES three saints were visible, fighting by the side of Henry, and th.^t through their aid he conquered. The Church of Merseberg was built to commemorate this victory. He also fought in Italy and drove the Saracens from Apulia. Henry had an especial venera- tion for the Virgin,… … St. Cunegunda tested by the Ordeal. her. On one occasion at Verdun, he was seized with such a disgust and weariness of his imperial life and duties that he desired to be- come a monk. The prior told him his first duty would be that of obedience, and when Henry declared himself ready to obey, he…
Art · Christian art and symbolism · Legends · Mythology
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