06 works, Today, September 29th, is Saint Theodota’s day, her story illustrated #271
1 min readSep 30, 2020
Apollo Crowned by Victory, between circa 1667 and circa 1668
Oil on canvas
Height: 214 cm (84.2 in); Width: 115 cm (45.2 in)
Louvre Museum, Paris
Towards the end of the reign of Licinius, on a Friday, in September, in the year 318, a persecution was raised at Philippi, anciently Eumolpias, in Thrace. Agrippa the prefect, on a festival of Apollo, had commanded that the whole city should offer a great sacrifice with him…