THE PATRON SAINTS OF CHRISTENDOM.
[Those Saints who had not a Scriptural or Apostolic Sanction, yet
were invested by the popular and universal Faith with a para-
mount Authority.]
ST. GEORGE OF CAPPADOCIA. The Great Martyr. His Legend.
Devotional Figures. St. George and the Dragon. His-
torical Subjects from his Life
ST. SEBASTIAN. The Legend. Devotional Figures. As Patron
Saint against the Plague. Italian, Spanish, and German
Representations. The Legend of Marcus and Marcellinus.
The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian. Various Examples.
St. Sebastian recalled to Life. How represented
ST. ROCH. The Legend. Unknown in Greek Art. Devotional
Figures. Separate Pictures from his Life and History
ST. COSмо and ST. DAMIAN. The Legend. Always repre-
sented together. Old Mosaics. As Patron Saints of the
Medici Family. Miracles of St. Cosmo and St. Damian
represented in Pictures
ST. CHRISTOPHER. His Legend a Religious Parable. Virtues
attributed to the Effigies of St. Christopher. Various
Examples of the Religious Representation. Examples
which must be considered exceptional. The History of
St. Christopher in a Series of Subjects
ST. NICHOLAS OF MYRA. The Saint of the People, and Pro-
tector of the Weak against the Strong. Universally
worshipped in the East and in the West. The Legend.
Translation of his Relics from Asia Minor to Italy. De-
votional Figures of St. Nicholas. Attributes. Scenes