A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1872)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 296
d though greatlydistinguished for his piety, heput to death his eldest son onthe accusation of his secondwife, who hated and falselyaccused the son of her prede-cessor. But Sigismond wasseized with remorse, and sorelyrepented his crime. He prayedthat his deserved punishmentmight be inflicted in… … 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 wituesaof his love and gratitude he adorned this chapel with…
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