Iconography

ARCHITECTURE

Germany / Waldsassen / St. Johannes Evangelist / South transept

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Saints A - Z / Athanasius / Single figure
Saints / Saints A - Z / Edmund Rich (Edmund of Abingdon, OCist) / Single figure
Saints / Unidentified / Male cleric / Cistercian

Further details

This figure is usually identified with St Edmund of Canterbury. However, the unusual vestment could point to an attempt to depict a Greek-Rite cleric, and the symbol of the Trinity could well point to St Athanasius - on the other hand, one would here expect Cisterican saints

Artist or creator

Hirsch, Martin (active 1696-1701)

Date

1701

Location

Waldsassen, St. Johannes Evangelist

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