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  • Saint Leocadia as patron saint of Toledo. Engraving.
  • Saint Radegund as patron saint of people with tuberculous lungs. Process print.
  • Saint Clement of Rome as patron saint of L'Espunyola, Catalonia. Engraving by Ferriols, woodcuts and letterpress, 17--.
  • Saint Hermann Josef of Steinfeld as patron of pregnant women. Engraving by M. Engelbrecht, 17--.
  • The dead Christ with the Virgin Mary and angels with Saint Petronius, Saint Dominic, Saint Charles Borromeo, Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Florian (all patron saints of Bologna) below. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ child, Saint Augustine, Saint Antony, two angels, Antonio Galeazzo Bentivoglio (the patron) and a shepherd. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F. Francia.
  • Saint Roch, named by Christ as patron of plague-victims; below, people suffering from plague. Engraving by P. Pontius, 1626, after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • The Virgin Mary and Christ child with Eloi (Eligius), bishop of Oise (and patron saint of Bologna). Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Cavedone, 1614.
  • Spanish reliquary statue of Saint John of God (Juan de Dios), patron saint of hospitals and the sick, who was canonised in 1690. The relic it contains is said to be a splinter of his walking stick.
  • Spanish reliquary statue of Saint John of God (Juan de Dios), patron saint of hospitals and the sick, who was canonised in 1690. The relic it contains is said to be a splinter of his walking stick.
  • Spanish reliquary statue of Saint John of God (Juan de Dios), patron saint of hospitals and the sick, who was canonised in 1690. The relic it contains is said to be a splinter of his walking stick.
  • Spanish reliquary statue of Saint John of God (Juan de Dios), patron saint of hospitals and the sick, who was canonised in 1690. The relic it contains is said to be a splinter of his walking stick.
  • Spanish reliquary statue of Saint John of God (Juan de Dios), patron saint of hospitals and the sick, who was canonised in 1690. The relic it contains is said to be a splinter of his walking stick.
  • Spanish reliquary statue of Saint John of God (Juan de Dios), patron saint of hospitals and the sick, who was canonised in 1690. The relic it contains is said to be a splinter of his walking stick.
  • Saint Raymund Nonnatus (31st August).Born in 1180 (?). Founder of the Order of Our Lady of Rnsom, died in 1240. He gave himself as a hostage to redeem slaves from the Moors. He is the patron of children and midwives. Invoked for pregnant women and against puerperal fever ( from non-natus!). Represented bearing a monstrance or a palm with three crowns on it.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and patron saints of Bologna. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, ca. 1830, after G. Reni, 1630-1.
  • Saint Napoleon. Coloured lithograph (?), 1843.
  • Saint Odilia as protector against eye-pain and rat infestation. Coloured etching, ca. 1800.
  • Saint Pantaleon. Crayon drawing.
  • Saint Helen. Colour woodcut.
  • St. Winifred's Well, Flintshire, Wales. Coloured line engraving.
  • Saint Peter Claver. Engraving by J. Vitta after P. Gagliardi.
  • Saint Valentine blessing an epileptic. Coloured etching.
  • Saint Valentine blessing an epileptic. Coloured etching.
  • Saint Valentine blessing an epileptic. Coloured etching.
  • Saint Valentine blessing an epileptic. Coloured etching.
  • Saint François Régis. Coloured lithograph (?).
  • Saint Leonard. Etching.
  • Saint Roch and Saint Laurence. Oil painting by Benvenuto Tisi, il Garofalo.
  • Saint Roch and Saint Laurence. Oil painting by Benvenuto Tisi, il Garofalo.