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Russian illustration 1820. of Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki a Christian martyr of the early 4th century AD. During the Middle Ages. he came to be revered as one of the most important Orthodox military saints. Demetrios appeared in 1207 in the camp of Kaloyan of Bulgaria. piercing the pagan king with a lance and so killing him. This scene. known as the miracle of the destruction of tsar Kaloyan. became a popular element in the iconography of Saint Demetrios.
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Russian illustration 1820. of Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki a Christian martyr of the early 4th century AD. During the Middle Ages. he came to be revered as one of the most important Orthodox military saints. Demetrios appeared in 1207 in the camp of Kaloyan of Bulgaria. piercing the pagan king with a lance and so killing him. This scene. known as the miracle of the destruction of tsar Kaloyan. became a popular element in the iconography of Saint Demetrios.
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Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive
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Image size:
4097 x 5100 px | 59.8 MB
Print size:
34.7 x 43.2 cm | 13.7 x 17.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
19TH CENTURY • 19TH • 4TH CENTURY A. C. • 4TH CENTURY A. D • 4TH CENTURY A. D. • 4TH CENTURY AC • 4TH CENTURY AD • 4TH CENTURY • ALL SAINTS • BODY PIERCING • CAMP • CHRIST • CHRISTIAN ART • CHRISTIAN • CHRISTIANS • DÉMÉTRIOS • DESTRUCTION • ENCAMPMENT • FORTRESS • FOURTH CENTURY A. D. • FOURTH CENTURY • HEATHEN • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • JESUS CHRIST • JESUS • KALOYAN OF BULGARIA • KILL • KILLING • KILLS • KING • LANCE • LANCES • MARTIR • MARTYR • MARTYRDOM • MARTYRIUM • MIDDLE AGES • MILITAR • MILITARS • MILITARY • MIRACLE • PAGAN • PAGANO • PASSION OF CHRIST • PASSION • PIERCED BODY PARTS • PIERCING = PIERCED BODY PARTS = BODY PIERCING • PIERCING • RELIGION: CHRISTIAN • RELIGIOUS ART • RUSSIAN ART • RUSSIAN ORTHODOX • RUSSIAN • SAINT DEMETRIOS • SAINT • SALONICA • SPEAR • THESSALONIKI • TSAR KALOYAN • XIX CENTURY
