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…

This is probably (most definitely) the #1 reason people flock to Greece. And not surprisingly it is part of the AP Art History curriculum. I have…

Since I cannot travel right now (hello coronavirus pandemic!) I figured I can use my unplanned home time to travel back into my memories and catch…