A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1876)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York: Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge : Riverside Press · leaf 258
y the plague wasstayed. He is also represented in art as restoring a child to life,and doing many other miracles. He is painted in the black habitof his Order, with a star on his breast; he often bears a crucifixwreathed with lilies typical of the purity and austerity of his life.September 10, a.… … St. Nicholas of Tolentino. 240 LEGENDS AND STORIES an interesting manner. He was a Greek, born near Tarentum. Itwap not until after the loss of his wife, whom he loved devotedly, thatl.e embraced a religious vocation. He took the habit of the GreekOrder of St. Basil, and was soon made the superior…
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