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... > Religion and Magic > Christian religion > saints > male saints (with NAME) > Benedict of Nurcia, abbot of Monte Cassino and founder of the Benedictine Order; possible attributes: aspergillum, book, cup (sometimes broken), raven with loaf, sieve (or tray) > personal devotion of St. Benedict > St. Benedict throws himself naked into a thorn-bush to overcome temptations of the flesh (by naked women)

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11H(BENEDICT)35St. Benedict throws himself naked into a thorn-bush to overcome temptations of the flesh (by naked women)  

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Subject

  • abbot
  • aspergillum
  • Benedict (St.)
  • book
  • breaking
  • bush
  • Christian religion
  • cup
  • jumping
  • loaf
  • naked
  • raven
  • religion
  • saint
  • sieve
  • snake
  • supernatural
  • temptation
  • thorn
  • tray
  • woman

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  • 11H(BENEDICT)35

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http://iconclass.org/11H%28BENEDICT%2935

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