. Sacred and legendary art . 8)the chief patroness of Florence. According to the old Flor-entine legend, she was a virgin ofCesarea in the province of Cappa-docia, and bravely suffered a cruelmartyrdom in the persecution underDecius, when only twelve yearsold. She was, after many tortures,beheaded by the sword; and as shefell dead, her pure spirit was seen toissue from her mouth in form of adove, which winged its way to heaven. The Duomo at Florence was for-merly dedicated to St. Eeparata: butabout 1298 she appears to have beendeposed from her dignity as sole pa-troness ; the city was placed u
. Sacred and legendary art . 8)the chief patroness of Florence. According to the old Flor-entine legend, she was a virgin ofCesarea in the province of Cappa-docia, and bravely suffered a cruelmartyrdom in the persecution underDecius, when only twelve yearsold. She was, after many tortures,beheaded by the sword; and as shefell dead, her pure spirit was seen toissue from her mouth in form of adove, which winged its way to heaven. The Duomo at Florence was for-merly dedicated to St. Eeparata: butabout 1298 she appears to have beendeposed from her dignity as sole pa-troness ; the city was placed underthe immediate tutelage of the Virginand St. John the Baptist, and thechurch of St. Eeparata was dedicatedanew under the title of Santa Maria-del-Fiore. I have never seen any representa-tion of Santa Eeparata except in theold Florentine pictures. In theseshe is frequently introduced standingalone or near the Madonna, bearingthe crown and palm as martyr, andsometimes also a banner, on which isa red cross on a white ~\v^ St. Reparata (NiccoJbd Arezzo) 634 MARTYRS OF TUSCANY, LOMBARDY, SPAIN, FRANCE In a picture by Agnolo Gaddi she wears a green robe, andbears the crown, book, and banner. In another ancient Florentine picture she is in a white robe and red mantle, with thesame attributes. In a grand composition of Fra Bartolommeo,representing the Madonna surrounded by many saints, andespecially the protectors of Florence, St. Reparata, who is onthe left of the Virgin, bears the palm, and leans her handon the book. She is sometimes represented standing with , the patron of Siena, as in a picture by SimoneMemmi. All the above pictures are in the Florence pictures, I apprehend, must have been painted whenFlorence and Siena were at peace. It is difficult to distin-guish St. Eeparata from St. Ursula, unless where the lattersaint bears her javelin: where there is a doubt, and the pictureis undeniably Florentine, the locality and the traditions mustbe co
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