A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York: Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge : Riverside Press · leaf 167
eatre, but they would not harm them. Januarius was then throwninto a fiery furnace, which hurt him not; and at last he was be-headed, lie is represented as a bishop with the palm, and usuallywith Mt. Vesuvius in the distance; for he is the patron saint ofNaples, and its protector from the fearful… … (Titian.) Penance of St. Jerome. St. Jerome (Lat. Sanctus Hieronymus; Ital. San Geronimo oiGirolamo; Fr. Saint Jerome, Hierome, or Geroisme; Ger. DerHeilige Ilieronimus). St. Jerome has universal importance and con-sideration on account of The Vulgate, or his translation of theNew Testament into…
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