Boniface of Tarsus
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Saint Boniface of Tarsus was, according to legend, executed for being a Christian in the year 307 at Tarsus, where he had gone from Rome in order to bring back to his mistress Aglaida relics of the ma
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Aglaida and Boniface (painting by Alexandre Cabanel)
Alexandre Cabanel
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Alexandre Cabanel was a French painter. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well known as a portrait painter. He was Napoleon III's preferred pai
Boniface of Tarsus
…gone from Rome in order to bring back to his mistress Aglaida (also written Aglaia) relics of the martyrs. Biography Aglaida and Boniface (painting by Alexandre Cabanel) Boniface was one of Aglaida's slaves, the steward of her household. Both were pagans and lived in debauchery together; some legends say they were…
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