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Saint John the Baptist's cross (a white cross on a red background), used as State flag by the Republic of Florence, the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the Italian city of Como and various other places. Date: See File history below for details. Source: Author: GJo. Permission (Reusing this file)
Icon of Saint John the Baptist and Minias of Florence. The icon of Saints John the Baptist and Minias is an early-Quattrocento (1400–1450) wood panel with tempera painting by the Florentine painter Bicci di Lorenzo (1373–1452).
The Eagle of Saint John (Spanish: Águila de San Juan) is a heraldic eagle associated mostly with the Catholic Monarchs which was later used during Francoist Spain (1939–77) and the Spanish transition to democracy (1977–81). It is sable with an or halo and feet of gules.
John the Baptist [note 1] (c. 6 BC [18] – c. AD 30) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early 1st century AD. [19] [20] He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, [21] and as the prophet Yaḥyā ibn Zakariyā (Arabic: النبي يحيى, An-Nabī Yaḥyā ...
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Saint John the Baptist, c. 1518, by Raphael – a precedent for Caravaggio's treatment of the Baptist In 1601/02 Caravaggio was apparently living and painting in the palazzo of the Mattei family , inundated with commissions from wealthy private clients following the success of the Contarelli chapel where in 1600 he had displayed The Martyrdom ...
The Basilica of Saint John the Baptist in Canton is celebrating 200 years with a special Mass on Sunday. ... Symbols of of elevated status. Because St. John is a basilica, always present in the ...
The left half of the painting depicts John the Baptist (the patron saint of the Order of Saint John) preaching to a crowd while pointing at Jesus, who stands close to the middle. The right half shows Saint George, a Saint George's Cross prominently displayed on his chest, slaying the dragon under the eyes of the princess. Standing close to the ...