Oct 182008
About
Angels are seldom represented before the time of Constantine the Great; the oldest fresco in which an angel appears is a 2nd-century Annunciation. The winged angel does not appear until the 4th century. At first angels were not represented unless historically necessary, but after the 5th century they become favourite subjects, and were painted as attendants on the principal figures of a picture.
Associations in Art
- Blessed Augustine Novello
- Blessed Columba of Rieti
- Blessed Gertrude van Oosten
- Blessed Henry Suso
- Blessed Osanna Andreasi
- Blessed Peter Armengol
- Gabriel the Archangel
- Raphael the Archangel
- Saint Abercius Marcellus
- Saint Adalbert of Prague
- Saint Adelard of Corbie
- Saint Aichardus
- Saint Alena
- Saint Amabilis of Auvergne
- Saint Angelus of Jerusalem
- Saint Anthimus of Rome
- Saint Basileus of Amasea
- Saint Benezet
- Saint Bridget of Sweden
- Saint Brigid of Fiesole
- Saint Cecilia
- Saint Cerbonius of Populonia
- Saint Colette
- Saint Columba of Sens
- Saint Comgall of Bangor
- Saint Concordius of Spoleto
- Saint Donatus of Arezzo
- Saint Dunstan of Canterbury
- Saint Ephysius of Sardinia
- Saint Erasmus
- Saint Felix of Nola
- Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen
- Saint Frances of Rome
- Saint Fursey of Péronne
- Saint Gemma Galgani
- Saint Genevieve
- Saint Guy of Anderlecht
- Saint Hermengild
- Saint Hilda of Whitby
- Saint Homobonus
- Saint Hubert of Liege
- Saint Hugh of Lincoln
- Saint Humbert of Pelagius
- Saint Ivo of Kermartin
- Saint Joachim
- Saint John of Capistrano
- Saint John of Matha
- Saint Lydwina of Schiedam
- Saint Mary of Egypt
- Saint Matthew the Apostle
- Saint Nicholas of Tolentino
- Saint Onuphrius
- Saint Roch
- Saint Roderick of Cordoba
- Saint Secundus of Asti
- Saint Servatus of Tongres
- Saint Teresa of Avila
- Saint Tiburtius
- Saint Ubaldus Baldassini
- Saint Ulric of Augsburg
- Saint Valerian of Rome
- Saint Vitus
- Saint Walburga
MLA Citation