A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 165
f the amphi-theatre, but they would not harm them. Januarius was then thiowninto a fiery furnace, which hurt him not; and at last he was be-headed. He is represented as a bishop with the palm, and usuallywith Mt. A^esuvius in the distance ; for he is the patron saint ofNaples, and its protector… … (Titian.) Penance of St. Jerome. St. Jerome (Lat. Sanctus Hieronymus; Ital. San Geronimo oiGirolamo; Fj: Saint Jerome, Hierome, or Geroismc; Ger. DeiHeilige Hieronimus). St. Jerome has universal importance and con-sideration on account of The Vulgate, or his translation of theNew Testament into…
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