St. Gelasius I

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Woodcut print of Pope St. Gelasius I wearing a papal tiara and holding a cross staff, with a halo behind his head and the name Gelasius written above.

A vintage sepia-toned image of two women embracing.

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Christ as Ruler, with the Apostles and Evangelists (represented by the beasts). The female figures are believed to be either Santa Pudenziana and Santa Praxedes or symbols of the Jewish and Gentile churches. Mosaic in the apse of Santa Pudenziana, Rome,A

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Woodcut print of Pope St. Gelasius I wearing a papal tiara and holding a cross staff, with a halo behind his head and the name Gelasius written above.

Pope St. Gelasius I

Pope St. Gelasius I, print from workshop of Michael Wolgemut; from Liber...

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