Sebald's Grünewald: Let's See How Long This Takes...
Sebald: Long before that time pain had entered into the pictures. That is the command, knows the painter who on the altar aligns himself with the scant company of the fourteen auxiliary saints. Each of these, the blessed Blasius, Achaz and Eustace; Panthaleon, Aegidius, Cyriax, Christopher and Erasmus and the truly beautiful St. Vitus with the cockerel,...
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St. Vitus with the cockerel:
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The Auxiliary Saints[edit]
The fourteen saints are:Name (Alternate) | Feast day | Patronage |
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Agathius (Acacius) | 8 May | Against headache |
Barbara | 4 December | Against fever and sudden death |
Blaise (Blase, Blasius) | 3 February | Against illness of the throat and for protection of domestic animals |
Catherine of Alexandria | 25 November | Against sudden death |
Christopher (Christophorus) | 25 July | Against bubonic plague and dangers while traveling |
Cyriacus | 8 August | Against temptation on the death-bed |
Denis (Dionysius) | 9 October | Against headache |
Erasmus (Elmo) | 2 June | Against intestinal ailments |
Eustace (Eustachius, Eustathius) | 20 September | Against family discord |
George (Georgius) | 23 April | For the health of domestic animals |
Giles (Aegidius) | 1 September | Against plague, for a good confession, and for cripples, beggars and blacksmiths |
Margaret of Antioch | 20 July | During childbirth, and escape from devils |
Pantaleon (Panteleimon) | 27 July | For physicians, and against cancer & tuberculosis |
Vitus (Guy) | 15 June | Against epilepsy, lightning and for protection of domestic animals |
[From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteen_Holy_Helpers]
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