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... > Religion and Magic > Christian religion > saints > male saints (with NAME) > Benedict of Nurcia, abbot of Monte Cassino and founder of the Benedictine Order; possible attributes: aspergillum, book, cup (sometimes broken), raven with loaf, sieve (or tray) > personal devotion of St. Benedict > St. Benedict retreats into a rocky desert and lives in a cave ('Sacro Speco') > St. Benedict as solitary in a cave ~ the devil breaks the bell and cuts the rope

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11H(BENEDICT)332St. Benedict as solitary in a cave ~ the devil breaks the bell and cuts the rope  

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Subject

  • abbot
  • aspergillum
  • bell
  • Benedict (St.)
  • book
  • breaking
  • cave
  • Christian religion
  • cup
  • cutting
  • desert
  • devil
  • hermit
  • loaf
  • mountain
  • raven
  • religion
  • rope
  • sacred
  • Sacro Speco
  • saint
  • sieve
  • snake
  • supernatural
  • tray

Notation

  • 11H(BENEDICT)332

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http://iconclass.org/11H%28BENEDICT%29332

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