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St. Paul Writing His Epistles with John Colet, 1506. The saint sits writing as John Colet, in priestly robes, kneels in devotion. The central figure wears a sword at his waist. John Colet (1467-1519) was an English Catholic priest, educational pioneer, scholar, Renaissance humanist, theologian, and Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London. He also founded St Paul's School. Miniature by an unknown artist (possibly, school of Simon Bening or a follower of Horenbout working in England), from the Gospels of St Luke and St John, and the Pauline and Catholic Epistles, in Latin.