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title: DECLARATION OF SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA

subject date: 2017-08-28

caption: St. John the Baptist (? - about 32) prisoner at Macheronte of Herod Antipas King of Galilee and Perea was baptized for the insistent desire of Salome, who thus wanted to punish the inflexible judgment publicly expressed by the holy man about the moral conduct of Her mother Herodias and the legitimacy of her marriage with her brother, not allowed by the mosaic law. The Baptist's passion commemorates August 29th. Colored Etching, Italy 1886

category: HIS

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country: Giordania

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continent: Europa

image century : XIX

image epoch: Ottocento

subject century: I

subject epoch: Paleocristiano

technique: Incisione colorata

id: 40456

file name: FSNgilardi_71903.jpg

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prisonerprisonershistory of the ChurchSaintsSt. John BaptistreligionKingdom of Italypreacherpersecutionreligious persecutionpersecutionNineteenth centurymartyrdommartyrItalyintoleranceJohn the Precursordevotionbeheadingcult of saintsChristianityCatholicismcalendarascetichagiographyfury