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Irlanda

title: SAINT PATRICK

subject date: 2003-07-16

caption: SAINT PATRICK (circa 385-461) patron saint of Ireland, induces the snakes to abandon the island forever by throwing themselves into the sea; at his feet, some clover plants. Breton, he was a slave in Ireland for six years; having returned to his homeland, he entered the clergy; having gone to Gaul he was consecrated bishop; he returned as a missionary to Ireland in around 432 and undertook an important work of conversion to Christianity, during which it is said he used the clover to explain the dogma of the Trinity with the three leaves on a single stem. This depiction is adopted by the syncretic cult to represent the Danbala (Damballah) spirit since Voudun came into contact with the Christian religion practiced by the European colonists who had imported it to the Caribbean. The contamination between the two religions quickly led to the assimilation of Voudun idols with the fundamental figures of Christianity. Chromalithograph image, 1888.

category: HIS

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Irlanda

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

instructions: Per utilizzi: Fototeca Gilardi - t. 02 3931 2652

Creation date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

object name: 39983

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

pricing: default

continent: Europa

image century : XIX

image epoch: Ottocento

licence: RM

subject century: IV - V

subject epoch: Paleocristiano

technique: Cromolitografia

id: 15361

file name: FSNgilardi_39983.jpg

keywords

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