05 works, Today, October 21th, is Saint Hilarion’s day, her story illustrated #292

Henry Zaidan
Oct 23, 2020

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Nicolas François Octave Tassaert , (1800–1874)
Temptation of Saint Hilarion, circa 1857

Oil on canvas
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Saint Hilarion, (born c. AD 291, Tabatha, Palestine — died 371, Cyprus), monk and mystic who founded Christian monasticism in Palestine modeled after the Egyptian tradition…

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Henry Zaidan
Henry Zaidan

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In my Blog is an Online collection of significant paintings from the 1st century to today; complete with art-history and artist bibliographies.

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