There are two important criteria that make St. Christopher a “second-tier” plague saint: arrows from his martyrdom and a popular inscription. As seen in his Vita,…

Although St. Christopher is no longer on the Church’s official liturgical calendar, because of evidence that he may not have actually existed, he was popular in…

I always do extensive research before a trip, it’s one of my favorite parts of traveling actually! Even though I wasn’t planning this trip (I was…

See previous thesis post: Pestilence & Prayers: St. Sebastian in Art (6) A variation of the sacra conversazione formula is the Madonna della Misericordia (Madonna of…

See previous thesis post: Pestilence & Prayer: Madonna della Misericordia (7) The final type of St Sebastian’s plague art is Sebastian directly interceding on behalf a town…

See previous thesis blog post: Pestilence & Prayer: Vita of St. Sebastian Works of art that include active shooters evoke the connection Sebastian has to the arrows…