Free downloads of Catholic paintings of female saints in the public domain.
đđœPlease Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to help keep this site free!Image Details This is a tapestryâmade of wool and silkâdepicting a repentant Mary Magdalene, looking to heaven as she leaves behind her life of sin. The Gospel of Luke 8:2â3 lists Mary...
đđœPlease Subscribe or Donate to help keep this site free! Image Details âThe Penitent Magdaleneâ was created in 1635 by Guido Reni in Baroque style. Reni created an idealized, as well as classical style influenced by ancient sculpture and by the Renaissance artist Raphael (1483-1520). This influence is visible in...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! âSt Ceciliaâ was created in 1606 by Guido Reni in Baroque style. Saint Cecilia, is a Roman martyr venerated in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden. She became the...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! During the early 1700s, Roman artists returned to fundamental Christian subjects, especially those focused on the Christ child. This work presents the Holy Family with Christâs maternal grandparents and baby cousin, John the Baptist, stressing...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! According to the ancient Martyrologies, Margaret was the daughter of a pagan priest named Aedesius. Her mother having died soon after her birth, Margaret was nursed by a Christian woman five or six leagues (6.9â...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Saint Ursula is a legendary Romano-British Christian saint, died on 21 October 383. Her feast day in the pre-1970 General Roman Calendar is 21 October. There is little definite information about her and the anonymous group...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Saints Justa and Rufina (Ruffina) (Spanish: Santa Justa y Santa Rufina) are venerated as martyrs. They are said to have been martyred at Hispalis (Seville) during the 3rd century. Only St. Justa (sometimes "Justus"...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Noli me tangere is the Latin version of a phrase spoken, according to John 20:17, by Jesus to Mary Magdalene when she recognized him after his resurrection. The biblical scene gave birth to a long...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Saints Justa and Rufina (Ruffina) (Spanish: Santa Justa y Santa Rufina) are venerated as martyrs. They are said to have been martyred at Hispalis (Seville) during the 3rd century. Only St. Justa (sometimes "Justus"...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Rose of Lima was a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Lima, Peru, who became known for both her life of severe penance and her care of the poverty stricken of the city...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Rose of Viterbo, T.O.S.F., was a young woman born in Viterbo, then a contested commune of the Papal States. She spent her brief life as a recluse, who was outspoken in her support...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Lucia of Syracuse, also called Saint Lucia or Saint Lucy, was a Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and Eastern Orthodox churches....
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! This is an image of an unknown Saint Mary and an unknown male saint painted by Yumeji Takehisa. Takehisa was a Japanese poet and painter. He is known foremost for his Nihonga illustrations of bijin, beautiful...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! According to legend, Veronica pitied Jesus as he carried his cross to Calvary and offered him her kerchief, or sudarium, which miraculously retained the imprint of Jesus' face after he wiped his brow. The cloth...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary (also referred to as Christ in the House of Martha and by other variant names) refers to a Biblical episode in the life of Jesus which appears only...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Saints Justa and Rufina (Ruffina) (Spanish: Santa Justa y Santa Rufina) are venerated as martyrs. They are said to have been martyred at Hispalis (Seville) during the 3rd century. Only St. Justa (sometimes "Justus"...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Saints Justa and Rufina (Ruffina) (Spanish: Santa Justa y Santa Rufina) are venerated as martyrs. They are said to have been martyred at Hispalis (Seville) during the 3rd century. Only St. Justa (sometimes "Justus"...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! This image shows the Holy Family with Mary Magdalene. The Christ Child extends his arm to Mary Magdalene who kneels by the child. On the floor is a skull (which represents Christâs victory over death)...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! In his right hand, the Christ child grasps a stem of roses. The beauty and fragrance of roses symbolize heaven, while their thorny stems allude to the crown of thorns and Christ's suffering. The...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Saint Catherine (1347â1380) was the daughter of a prosperous Sienese cloth dyer. At the age of six, she saw a vision of Christ and thereafter dedicated herself to chastity, penance, and good works. She became...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Bridget of Sweden (c. 1303 â 23 July 1373); born as Birgitta Birgersdotter, was a mystic and saint, and founder of the Bridgettines nuns and monks after the death of her husband of twenty years. Outside Sweden,...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! In the central panel the Glorification of the cross by the Saints, the prophets and the angels is shown. On the right, are the 4 the patriarchs including Moses, Abraham and King David. Jonas is sitting...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! This miniature was taken from a choir book and shows two female figures. Their golden halos mark them as saints and the lily scepters as virgins. It is attributed to the Sienese painter NiccolĂČ di ser...
Please Subscribe or Donate [https://sdcason.com/donate] to Help Keep This Site Free! Saint Cecilia (Latin: Sancta Caecilia), is a Roman martyr venerated in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden. She became the patron of music and musicians, it being written that,...
