Without Lifting A Finger

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,... *             *   St. Vitus with the cockerel:               *     The Auxiliary Saints [ edit ] The fourteen saints are: Name (Alternate) Feast day Patronage Agathius (Acacius) c 8 May Against headache Barbara ! Barbara n 4 December Against fever and sudden death Blaise ! Blaise (Blase, Blasius) a 3 February Against illness of the throat and for protection of domestic animals Catherine of Alexandria m 25 November Against sudden death Christopher ! Christopher (Christophorus) g 25 July Against bub...

Sebald: Hence too, at the center of the Lindenhardt altar's right wing,... * St. Dionysius in Grunewald's Lindenhardt altar's right wing:           *   St. Denis = St. Dionysius     *   According to Christian tradition, Saint Denis (also called Dionysius , Dennis , or Denys ) is a Christian martyr and saint . In the third century, he was Bishop of Paris . He was martyred in connection with the Decian persecution of Christians , shortly after 250 AD. Denis is said to have picked his head up after being decapitated , walked ten kilometres (six miles), and preached a sermon the entire way, making him one of many cephalophores in hagiology . He is venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as patron of Paris, France, and as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers . The medieval and modern French name "Denis" derives from the ancient name Dionysius .     [From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis ...