#saints

[cuties-in-codices]

the martyrdom of st. sebastian

miniature from a german prayer book, 15th c.

source: Munich, BSB, Cgm 121, fol. 286r

[myremnantarmy]

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘔𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦."

[guelphicreaction]

March 25: The Annunciation

Artemisia Gentileschi

[ranminfan]

You lost your keys again?

A pretty gnarly thing is they got the jaw of St. Anthony of Padua as a relic, and the reliquary goes hard af.

So I had this idea and I drew it as fast as I could

[oleandro-drag]

saint sebastian tended by saint irene but they're both drag artists

felt like this might be something this site would enjoy

on stage: oleandro & delfi oraakel, photographer: peroksiid (on ig as oleandro_drag, delfi_oraakel and peroksiid)

[rabbitrah]

St. Xenia of Petersburg, by Alexander Prostev

[rabbitprayer]

Ethiopian Orthodox icon of Saint Michael the Archangel.

[the-angry-acrobat]

cos my love is mine, all mine

[psalmlover]

mary in a flower crown, st gabriel of the sorrowful mother, pennsylvania, usa

[cuties-in-codices]

st. catherine of siena drinking from christ's side wound

in a hagiography of st. catherine of siena, alsace, early 15th c.

source: Paris, BnF, ms. allem. 34, fol. 43v

[myremnantarmy]

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟐𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐥

Third Sunday of Lent

Year C

Luke 13:1-9

Some people told Jesus about the Galileans

whose blood Pilate had mingled with the blood of their sacrifices.

Jesus said to them in reply,

“Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way

they were greater sinners than all other Galileans?

By no means!

But I tell you, if you do not repent,

you will all perish as they did!

Or those eighteen people who were killed

when the tower at Siloam fell on them—

do you think they were more guilty

than everyone else who lived in Jerusalem?

By no means!

But I tell you, if you do not repent,

you will all perish as they did!”

And he told them this parable:

“There once was a person who had a fig tree planted in his orchard,

and when he came in search of fruit on it but found none,

he said to the gardener,

‘For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree

but have found none.

So cut it down.

Why should it exhaust the soil?’

He said to him in reply,

‘Sir, leave it for this year also,

and I shall cultivate the ground around it and fertilize it;

it may bear fruit in the future.

If not you can cut it down.’"

[guelphicreaction]

March 25: The Annunciation

Piermatteo Lauro de’ Manfredi da Amelia

[lionofchaeronea]

Title: Saint Margaret Artist: Joan Reixach (Spanish [Catalan], ca. 1411 - 1486/92) Date: ca. 1456 Genre: religious art Medium: tempera, oil, and gold leaf on wood Dimensions: 123 cm (48.4 in) high x 65 cm (25.6 cm) wide Location: Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

[tragediambulante]

The Ecstasy of Beata Ludovica Albertoni, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1671-74

[theaustinstollhaus]

I think we non-Catholics are really missing out on the idea of saints. What a galaxy-brain idea. Not gods, but little authorities to consult on even the most niche topics. Like a bureaucracy of faith. Praying to the almighty Creator feels overwhelming, but my favorite fifth-century Greek bachelor just gets me.