Assailant sheaths his sword after decapitating a Christian saint. Fragmentary Late Medieval fresco in the Lombard-Romanesque cathedral in Trento, Italy, the Basilica-Duomo di San Vigilio. The swordsman is in parti-coloured clothes ( wearing a costume with its colour scheme split in two halves down the centre of the body, a fashion popular in medieval Europe late 1100s - late 1400s).

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Duomo di San Vigilio, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy: fragmentary fresco on the wall of the north transept. Work began on the cathedral in the 1100s. Then, in 1212, the first structure was almost completely demolished to make room for a cathedral in the Romanesque-Lombard style, built by a team of Campione-based skilled workers, headed by Adamo d’Arogno. In the 1300s, the cathedral was enlarged and Gothic features added. The cathedral is dedicated to Trento’s patron saint, San Vigilio di Trento or Vigilius of Trent (c. 353 - 405), a Roman patrician who was consecrated Bishop of Trent.

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Size: 2000px × 3008px
Location: Duomo di San Vigilio, Cathedral, Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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