Onuphrius
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Onuphrius lived as a hermit in the desert of Upper Egypt in the 4th or 5th centuries. He is venerated as Saint Onuphrius in both the Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic churches, as Venerable Onuphriu
Saint Onuphrius
Stone carving above the entrance of the St. Onuphrius Monastery in Akeldama, Jerusalem (Potter's field). The image shows Onuphrius bowing down to an angel. Notable features are his long beard and leaf loincloth.
Onuphrius depicted as a "wild man".
Battistello Caracciolo, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
Patron saint
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A patron saint, patroness saint, patron hallow or heavenly protector is a saint who in Catholicism, Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy or Oriental Orthodoxy is regarded as the heavenly advocate of a natio
Saint Matthew the Apostle, depicted by Nicolas Régnier, is the patron saint of Salerno, Italy, bankers, and tax collectors.
A branch of Saint Honore Cake Shop, a Hong Kong chain bakery (Honoratus of Amiens is the patron saint of bakers and confectioners)
Malby Hejnák Sv.Jiří
Tortosa catedral Huguet Transfiguracio Ahazià 0017