Iconography

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Cycles / Prints / (circa), Annus Dierus Sanctorum (Joseph Sebastian and Johann Baptist Klauber after Gottfried Bernhard Göz) / April
Saints / Saints A - Z / Basileus of Amasa / Posthumous events / After the beheading of Basileus, his head and body are thrown at different places into the sea
Saints / Saints A - Z / Basileus of Amasa / Posthumous events / When his body is fished out of the sea, it is miraculously re-joined to the head

Further details

Contrary to the legends, the engraving rather seem to show the finding of the severed head alone.

Artist or creator

Klauber, Joseph Sebastian (c1700-1768) after
Göz, Gottfried Bernhard (1708-1774)

Date

1750 (circa)

Location

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Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Annus Dierum Sanctorum. Augsburg. 1750 (circa).
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