. Sacred and legendary art . cution broke out,a cruel officer named Marinus was sentto Bologna to enforce the imperialedict; and Proculus, more of a Romanthan a Christian, being moved withindignation and pity because of thesufferings of the martyrs, entered thehouse of Marinus, and put him to deathwith an axe : this axe is usually placedin his hand. In Guidos picture [Bo-logna Gallery], dedicated after theplague at Bologna, St. Proculus ap-pears as a fine martial figure, with anangel holding the axe. In some effigieshe carries a head in both hands;whether his own, or that of Marinus,does not s
. Sacred and legendary art . cution broke out,a cruel officer named Marinus was sentto Bologna to enforce the imperialedict; and Proculus, more of a Romanthan a Christian, being moved withindignation and pity because of thesufferings of the martyrs, entered thehouse of Marinus, and put him to deathwith an axe : this axe is usually placedin his hand. In Guidos picture [Bo-logna Gallery], dedicated after theplague at Bologna, St. Proculus ap-pears as a fine martial figure, with anangel holding the axe. In some effigieshe carries a head in both hands;whether his own, or that of Marinus,does not seem clear. In the Bolognesepictures, San Proculo Vescovo and SanProculo Soldato are sometimes foundtogether as joint patrons. In a beautiful altar-piece by Don Lo-renzo Monaco, St. Proculus is represented as a young saint,leaning on a sword, the belt of which he holds in one name is inscribed underneath. (Academy, Plorence.) The Martyrdom of St. Proculus, by Palma Vecchio, is atVenice, in the Church of St. St. Proculus (LorenzoMonaco) St. Quintin, the son of Zeno, held a high command in theKoman army, and being converted to the Christian faith, hethrew away his arms and preached to the people of Gaul, par-ticularly at Amiens and in the country of Belgium ; but beingdenounced before the prefect E-ictius Varus, he suffered a cruelmartyrdom. He is represented in armor, and his proper attri-bute is an iron spit on which he was impaled ; but this isoften omitted : he is famous in the old Prench and Flemishecclesiastical decorations, but so rare in Italian Art that I canremember no example. ST. ADRIAN AND ST. NATALIA 779 The last of these military saints who may be consideredof sufficient importance to require a detailed notice is , illustrious throughout all Christendom, both in theEast and in the West; but less popular as a subject of Artthan might have been expected from the antiquity of his wor-ship, and the picturesque as well as pathetic circumstanc
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