Saint Susanna de Rome (au centre à gauche), Sant’Anna Metterza (à gauche), et une femme horrifiée, avec ses mains levées, observe son mari, Saint Julian l'Hospitaller, poignardant ses parents (à droite). Fresque peinte à la fin de 1300s dans la Chiesa di Santa Maria del Tiglio, à Gravedona, Lombardie, Italie.
4200 x 2789 px | 35,6 x 23,6 cm | 14 x 9,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
21 juin 2008
Lieu:
Chiesa di Santa Maria del Tiglio, Gravedona, Lombardy, Italy.
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Gravedona, Lake Como, Lombardy, Italy: saints depicted in late 14th century frescoes in the north apse of the Chiesa di Santa Maria del Tiglio, a 12th century Romanesque church on the northwest Lago di Como waterfront, include (left) Sant’Anna Metterza (the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus). On the right, St Julian the Hospitaller stabs his noble parents to death as they lie in bed. His wife, returning from church, throws up her hands in horror as a black demon with clawed feet hangs in the air between them. For Julian, returning from a hunting trip, the killing of his mother and father was a case of mistaken identity, as he believed the couple in bed were his wife and a lover - but in murdering them, Julian fulfilled a curse laid on him at birth by pagan witches. Full of remorse, Julian travelled to Rome to seek absolution, and on gaining it, redeemed himself by building hospitals and inns for the poor and needy. St Julian is the patron saint of pilgrims, travellers, innkeepers, childless couples, boatmen - and even of reformed murderers. Other frescoes surviving from the 1300s and 1400s inside the church include St Christopher carrying the Christ Child, the Adoration of the Magi and a superb early 14th century Last Judgement. It also houses a masterpiece of Lombard Romanesque sculpture, a 12th century Crucifixion carved from poplar wood. The lakeside land occupied by Santa Maria del Tiglio and the adjoining parish church of San Vincenzo is believed to have been a sacred site from at least Roman times. The first Christian building, a baptistery dedicated to St John the Baptist, was probably built on the site of a pagan temple. The two churches both incorporate re-used ancient materials, including a Roman altar and a fragment of 5th century Roman floor mosaic. D0701.A8381
