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  • Sixteen Christian saints. Woodcut.
  • A hand with images of saints in the digits, as a mnemonic for good Christian conduct. Coloured engraving.
  • Martyrdom of Christian saints by being shut up to be bitten by mice or rats, crowded together like locusts, or trampled by horses. Woodcut.
  • Saint Cecilia: she enables the bodies of Christian martyrs to be buried. Engraving by G. Fabbri after D.M. Fratta after G. Cavedone.
  • Saint Bavo as Roman soldier is received as a Christian monk by Saint Amand and Saint Floribert at the entrance to St Peter’s Abbey, Ghent; left, his money is given to the poor. Lithograph after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Saint Bavo as Roman soldier is received as a Christian monk by Saint Amand and Saint Floribert at the entrance to St Peter’s Abbey, Ghent; left, his money is given to the poor. Line engraving by P. Lightfoot after Sir P.P. Rubens.
  • Saint Birinus converting the Saxons of Wessex to Christianity. Engraving by W. Walker, 1773, after S. Wale.
  • A dying man receiving extreme unction from a priest while surrounded by servants and his grieving family. Etching by A. Baratti after A. Novelli after B. Picart.
  • Saint Mary Magdalene. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after T. Viti.
  • Saint Sebastian. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.