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Benedictine monastery of Vézelay, in Burgundy, France, 1446-1448, (1877). Creator: Unknown.

Benedictine monastery of Vézelay, in Burgundy, France, 1446-1448, (1877). Creator: Unknown.

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Benedictine monastery of Vézelay, in Burgundy, France, 1446-1448, (1877). The monk Baudillon brought relics of Mary Magdalene from Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume to Vézelay. Pope Stephen IX proclaimed the authenticity of the relics in 1058. Legendary bearing by Baudillon and the Carolingian Count Gerard de Roussillon (810-874), who had donated the land for the construction of the monastery. After a miniature in "Chroniques de Hainaut", 1446-1448. From "Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et à l'Epoque de la Renaissance", Paris, 1877.

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Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Baudillon: French: Monk
  2. Mary Magdalene: Judean: Saint, penitent
  3. Gerard de Roussillon: French, Frankish, Burgundian: Leader, count
People Related
  1. Paul Lacroix: French: Author, writer
  2. Pope Stephen IX: : Pope, Bishop of Rome
  3. Jean Wauquelin: French: Writer, translator
Medium
  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
Geographic Hierarchy

World Europe France Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Vézelay

  1. 47 27 57 N , 003 44 44 E
Category Hierarchy

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3307x3222
File Size : 31,217kb

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