Pantalone, spelled Pantaloon in English, is one of the most important principal characters found in commedia dell'arte. With his exceptional greed and status at the top of the social order, Pantalone
Pantalone, by Maurice Sand
Tomás Marín Gómez as Pantaleón
Saint Pantaleon was a Christian martyr from Nicomedia in Bithynia who was executed during the Diocletianic Persecution in 305 AD. In Western Christianity, he is venerated as one of the Fourteen Holy H
Pantalone
…of the four primary commedia dell'arte characters. Among other things, Pantalone is a character of Venetians; one theory is that his name derives from Saint Pantaleon (San Pantalone), a popular saint in Venice. Another theory is that his name derives from Venetian merchants who were called Piantaleoni. While the…
Early 11th-century Byzantine mosaic of Saint Panteleimon in the Hosios Loukas Monastery, Greece
Saint Pantaleon in the Golden Legend (1497)
The Church of St. Panteleimon in Gorno Nerezi, Skopje, North Macedonia
Church of St. Panteleimon, built in 1735–1739, is one of the oldest in St. Petersburg