. Sacred and legendary art . ures and prints as penitent, pilgrim, and beggar; in thechurches of the ascetic orders, and in hospitals and houses ofrefuge for the poor, which are placed under his protection, wefind his effigy with the characteristic ragged attire, and expres-sion of pathetic resignation and humility. 622 THE KOMAN MARTYRS 1. There is a fine statue of St. Alexis on the fa9ade of theChurch of the Trinita at Florence. 2. In a picture by Pietro da Cortona at Alton Towers,^ is dying under the steps of his fathers door, holdingthe cross and a paper pressed to his bosom. The
. Sacred and legendary art . ures and prints as penitent, pilgrim, and beggar; in thechurches of the ascetic orders, and in hospitals and houses ofrefuge for the poor, which are placed under his protection, wefind his effigy with the characteristic ragged attire, and expres-sion of pathetic resignation and humility. 622 THE KOMAN MARTYRS 1. There is a fine statue of St. Alexis on the fa9ade of theChurch of the Trinita at Florence. 2. In a picture by Pietro da Cortona at Alton Towers,^ is dying under the steps of his fathers door, holdingthe cross and a paper pressed to his bosom. The figure is lifesize, and very forcible in color and expression. 3. In a very fine picture by Annibal Caracci, painted foi*the Mendicanti at Bologna, St. Alexis, as pilgrim and beggar,stands with St. Louis, St. Catherine, St. Clara, and St. Johnthe Baptist: he might be mistaken for St. Koch, but thatthe last-named saint has always the plague-spot, which distin^guishes his effigies from those of St. Alexis. [Bologna Acadeniy.]. St. Martina (Menghino) At the foot of the Capitoline Hill, on the left hand as wedescend from the Ara Coeli into the Forum, there stood invery ancient times a small chapel dedicated to the memory ofSt. Martina, a Roman virgin who was martyred in the per-secution under Alexander Severus. The veneration paid toher was of very early date, and the Roman people were accus-tomed to assemble there on the first day of the year. Thisobservance was, however, confined to the people, and not verygeneral till 1634; an era which connects her in rather aninteresting manner with the history of Art. In this year, asthey were about to repair to her chapel, they discovered, walledinto the foundations, a sarcophagus of terra-cotta, in which wasthe body of a young female, whose severed head reposed in aseparate casket. These remains were very naturally supposed 1 [The Alton Towers collection was dispersed by a sale in 1857.] ST. ANASTASIA 623 to be those of the saint who had s
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