St Benedict of Nursia Art Photos

St Benedict (c480-c547) founder of Benedictine order, wrote rules for monastic life.
Symbols: undyed or black robe, cracked chalice with emerging serpent, crow with loaf of bread, book, staff.

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St Benedict panel detail of Madonna & Child polyptych painting by Giotto di Bondone at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy.St Peter & St Benedict panel painting by Giovanni da Milano at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy.Sts Benedict & Apollonia by Filippino Lippi in Norton Simon Museum. Pasadena, CA.Assumption of the Virgin with St Michael & St Benedict painting by Luca Signorelli & workshop at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
St Benedict panel detail of Madonna & Child polyptych painting (c1295-1300) by Giotto di Bondone at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy.St Peter & St Benedict panel painting (1360-5) by Giovanni da Milano at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy.Sts Benedict & Apollonia (c1483) by Filippino Lippi in Norton Simon Museum. Pasadena, CA.Assumption of the Virgin with St Michael & St Benedict painting (late 1480s) by Luca Signorelli & workshop at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.
Totila, king of Goths, before St Benedict tempera painting by Benozzo Gozzoli at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Baroque altar with painting of St Benedict at Ettal Benedictine Abbey. Ettal village, Germany.St Benedict painting by Hans Memling at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy.
Totila, king of Goths, before St Benedict tempera painting (2nd half 15thC) by Benozzo Gozzoli at Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY.Baroque altar with painting of St Benedict at Ettal Benedictine Abbey. Ettal village, Germany.St Benedict painting (1487) by Hans Memling at Uffizi Gallery. Florence, Italy.

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