Veneration
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Veneration is the practice of honoring people and articles of religious significance, for example, the veneration of saints and the veneration of relics.
A statue of Conrad of Piacenza in a niche in the side wall of Noto Cathedral, Sicily. The cathedral houses the relics of the patron saint of Noto.
Tomb of Saint Anthony in Padua
Cave of Santo Hermano Pedro in Tenerife, Spain (veneration of a place associated with a saint).
Tomb of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi in Konya, Turkey
Augustine of Hippo
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Augustine of Hippo, also well-known as Saint Augustine, was a Christian theologian and philosopher from Thagaste, Numidia Cirtensis and the Bishop of Hippo Regius. He is generally regarded as one of t
Veneration
…and our fathers in their generation" (44:1). "And their names continue for ever, the glory of the holy men remaining unto their children" (44:15). St. Augustine, St. Ambrose, and others, give accounts of miracles that occurred at the graves of St. Stephen, St. Felix of Nola, St. Gervasius, and many others, in…
Saint Augustin by Philippe de Champaigne, c. 1645
Saint Augustine Taken to School by Saint Monica, by Niccolò di Pietro, 1413–15
Saint Augustine and his mother, Saint Monica (1846) by Ary Scheffer
The Conversion of St. Augustine by Fra Angelico