Iconography

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Cycles / Prints / (circa), Annus Dierus Sanctorum (Joseph Sebastian and Johann Baptist Klauber after Gottfried Bernhard Göz) / May
Saints / Saints A - Z / John the Baptist / Posthumous miracles / Appearing to St Simon Stylites the Younger
Saints / Saints A - Z / Simeon Stylites the Younger / Life / Lions guard his column
Saints / Saints A - Z / Simeon Stylites the Younger / Life / Vision of St John Baptist

Further details

The life of the saint quoted in the Acta Sanctorum does not refer to the events shown here - it describes that Simeon was born after his mother prayed to St John Baptist and brought him as infant to his church, and that the saint had the power to command lions.

Artist or creator

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

Date

1750 (circa)

Location

.., Blank

Book, text or document (source of image)

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