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Historical Archive: Ecclesiastics fourteenth century to present

Priests/priestesses of various religions; Christian popes, cardinals, bishops, deacons, rectors; Jewish high priests, mohel; Manichaean presbyter
Does not include those who have their own pages:
Bishop Augustine of Hippo, Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim, Pope Gregory the Great, Cardinal St. Jerome, Deacon St. Lawrence, Bishop St. Nicholas of Bari, "first pope" Saint Peter, Deacon St. Stephen, priest Thomas Aquinas, and Archbishop Thomas Becket


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Sion Cathedral, Virgin and child with donors and saintly *bishops, 14th-15th c., much retouched. For full portal see Sion cathedral.
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priest holding head of John the Baptist, angels with torches, Amiens early 14th c., lead alloy, MoL 93.166/1
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Nedstryn altar frontal, painted pine 1300-25, Bergen MA 1, which has its own page
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Sanhedrin priests, upper right: Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page with Jewish priest Zachariah, Christian ecclesiastic condemned, in Pisa cathedral
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reliquary St. Blaise (bishop), silver gilt/gems/enamel, Braunschweig? 1325-50, KGM W 30, which has its own page
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deacons Christopher, Chariton with Clement of Ancyra (left, narthex): Dečani monastery frescoes, 1335-47, which have their own pages with bishop in naos
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Saint Donatus, bishop of Arezzo, bust reliquary, 1346, Arezzo, Santa Maria della Pieve
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Bishop St. Ambrose: Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page
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priest St. Dominic: Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page with more Dominicans
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profligate and avaricious ecclesiastics rolling giant boulders in Hell (middle strip), Cappella Strozzi di Mantova, Florence, Nardo di Cione 1354-57, which has its own page with ecclesiastics in Paradise
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Martin baptized and ordained exorcist by Bishop Hilary of Poitiers: Life of St. Martin of Tours, embroidered altar frontal, 2nd half of 14th c., MRAH. This work has its own page with additional bishops and deacons.
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popes: Karlstejn Castle, Chapel of the Holy Cross c.1360-65, which has its own page
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Fortunatus the Manichaean: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page.
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donor as deacon: 3 Towers Reliquary, 1370-90, AachenCT. This work has its own page.
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pope: Vierge Ouvrante, polychromed wood, 1375-1425, Cluny Cl. 12060, which has its own page with bishop and member of Teutonic Order.
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front row of dome: SS. John the Baptist, *Prosdocimo Bishop of Padua, Justina, *Daniel deacon of Padua. Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes, Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages.
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Zachariah (Jewish priest), naming of John the Baptist: Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages.
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priest, hermit: St. Jos (Josse, Judoc) with rosary, late 14th c., lead alloy, prob. fr. Saint-Josse-sur-Mer, France, MoL SWA81[0]<965>
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reliquary of Pont-Saint-Esprit, 1429, wood/silver gilt: bishops SS Caesarius, Blaise. Musée d'art sacré du Gard. For detail see Pont-Saint-Esprit.
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Guillaume III de Rarogne (Bishop Guillaume VI of Sion) dressed as *dean, 1434-37, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with more views
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donors presented by SS. Catherine and *Théodule of Valais (bishop), 1434-37, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with another view and architectural context
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monument of *Bishop André of Gualdo, d.1437, Sion Cathedral. For additional views see Sion Cathedral.
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Christ; St. Maurice, St. Peter, *Pope Boniface IX: tin pilgrim sign, Magdeburg c.1450, WienMus
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Guillaume III de Rarogne (Bishop Guillaume VI of Sion) dressed as bishop, effigy 1451, Sion, Valère basilica, which has its own interior page with more views
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Louis Bishop of Toulouse: Giovanni di Paolo 1453, St. Nicholas polyptych, SPN inv. 173, which has its own page
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Pope Nicholas V in the ship Eclesia, cast bronze, Andrea Guacioloti 1455, UMMA 1984/1.283
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rector John Schorn (Schorne) in pulpit with angels, boot to left, late 15th c., lead alloy, MoL 8774
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Canon and Archdeacon Eckhard III von Hanensee, brass, 1494, HildMus G16. For other views see Hildesheim funerary monuments.
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Simeon the God-Receiver (as Jewish priest), Presentation in the Temple: Life of Mary polyptych from Hamburg cathedral, 1499, MNW Śr. 432. This work has its own page.
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priest (Jewish, shown as Christian?), Marriage of Mary and Joseph: Life of Mary polyptych from Hamburg cathedral, 1499, MNW Śr. 432. This work has its own page.
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as priest: Mass of St. Giles, oil on panel c.1500, LNGA, which has its own page with companion panel
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bishop or abbot: linden wood w. polychromy, Tilman Riemenschneider/Hans Backoffen c.1500, SF 46.8.1, which has its own page
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Triptych of St. Stanislaus the Bishop (d.1079) from church in Pławno, painted and gilt limewood, Krakow c.1510-20, MNW Śr. 18. This work has its own page.
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Annunciation to Zachariah (Jewish priest), Sens cathedral north transept, Jean Hympe the elder and the younger and Tassin Gassot, c.1515-19. This work has its own page.
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Annunciation, with patron Gabriel Gouffier (Dean of Chapter): Sens cathedral north transept, Jean Hympe the elder and the younger and Tassin Gassot, c.1515-19. This work has its own page.
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Giovanni Bernardi da Castelbolognese, medal obverse: Pope Clement VII de'Medici, gilt bronze 1529-30, UCh 1977.117. For reverse see UCh.
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Jewish high priest and mohel: Circumcision, 17th-c. marble relief in St. Séverin, Paris, which has its own page.
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St. Bonaventure (cardinal bishop), painting dated 1624, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna. This monument has its own page.
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St. Jonah, metropolitan of Moscow, wood and tempera shrine cover from Cathedral of the Assumption, c.1675-1700, KremlinArch. For detail see KremlinArch.
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Abuna Ewostatewos (Ethiopian patriarch, center left): Ethiopian double diptych pendant, late 17th c., StLouis 12:2016, which has its own page
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1870s Naumburg cathedral west choir windows, which have their own page with several bishops
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Archbishop Edward Benson (d.1896), Hemmings & Co. c.1895-96, Canterbury Cathedral Chapter House, which has its own page.