Mahomet executing Saint Irene of Constantinople (?). Etching by C. Grignion.

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Mahomet executing Saint Irene of Constantinople (?). Etching by C. Grignion. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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According to Réau (loc. cit.), the remains of Saint Irene of Constantinople were transferred from Agia Sophia in Constantinople to the church of Sainte Irène des Figuiers, beyond the Golden Horn, in 552, i.e. before the existence of a Turkish emperor called Mahomet. Could this be a different irene?

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Mahomet the Turkish emperor murdering the beautiful Irene. Engraved for Bankes's New system of geography. Published by royal authority. Grignion sculp.

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L. Réau, Iconographie de l'art chrétien, Paris: P.U.F, 1957, vol III, p. 684

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