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 Henry Suso
- Blessed Osanna Andreasi
- Blessed Peter Armengol
- Gabriel the Archangel
- Raphael the Archangel
- Saint Abercius Marcellus
- Saint Adelard of Corbie
- Saint Basileus of Amasea
- Saint Benezet
- Saint Bridget of Sweden
- Saint Cerbonius of Populonia
- Saint Colette
- Saint Dorothy of Caesarea
- Saint Dunstan of Canterbury
- Saint Erasmus
- Saint Felix of Nola
- Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen
- Saint Frances of Rome
- Saint Gemma Galgani
- Saint Genevieve
- 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 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 Tiburtius
- Saint Ubaldus Baldassini
- Saint Ulric of Augsburg
- Saint Valerian
- Saint Vitus
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