Cephalophore
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A cephalophore is a saint who is generally depicted carrying their severed head. In Christian art, this was usually meant to signify that the subject in question had been martyred by beheading. Depict
Relics of Saint Justus, Antwerp
Denis of Paris
Saint Denis
St. Denis (second from right) has angelic companions showing him polite concern; portal from Notre Dame de Paris (probably 19th century replacements)
Osgyth
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Osgyth was a Mercian noblewoman and prioress, venerated as an English saint since the 8th century, from soon after her death. She is primarily commemorated in the village of St Osyth, in Essex, near C
Cephalophore
…confirmation that this was indeed the right head, the body of Paul turned to rejoin the head that had been set at its feet. In legend, the female saint Osgyth stood up after her execution, picking up her head like Denis of Paris and other cephalophoric martyrs and walking with it in her hands to the door of…
Gatehouse of the former St Osyth's Priory (later abbey), St Osyth, Essex