Felix and Regula
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Felix and Regula are Coptic Orthodox and Roman Catholic saints. They are the patron saints of Zürich.
Jesus and Felix, Regula, Exuperantius, 1506
Wasserkirche church Crypt with 'Martyr stone', the supposed execution site
Felix & Regula in 'Stuttgarter Passionale' (1130)
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
Felix and Regula
…Turicum) via Glarus before they were caught, tried and executed in 286. According to legend, after decapitation, they miraculously stood to their feet, picked up their own heads, walked forty paces uphill, and prayed before lying down in death. They were buried on the spot where they lay down, on the hilltop which would become…
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)