Saint Audomar (Omer): he mortifies his flesh by lying down naked on thorns. Engraving, 1587.

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1587
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6714i
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Previous title, replaced April 2023 : Saint Benedict (?) or Saint Audomar (Omer) (?): he mortifies his flesh by lying down naked on thorns. Engraving, 1587.

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"D'après la légende, il se serait, comme saint Benoît, roulé dans un buisson d'épines pour dompter les tentations charnelles"--Réau. loc. cit.

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1587

Physical description

1 print : engraving

Lettering

Provincia Flandriae. S. Andomarus episcopus. "Andomarus" in the lettering (instead of Audomarus) appears to be a mistake by the engraver

References note

Louis Réau, Iconographie de l'art chrétien, Paris: P.U.F., 1957, vol. II part II, p. 1007

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Wellcome Collection 6714i

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