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Vita Icon of Saint George with Scenes of His Passion and Miracles
Not on view
Saint George was an eastern Christian Roman soldier said to have been martyred in Syria in the early fourth century. Images of the saint on a white horse appear around the world, from Constantinople to Ethiopia. "Vita icons" were developed to narrate the lives of saints admired by the varied multiethnic and multicultural peoples coming to pilgrimage centers such as the Holy Monastery of Saint Catherine. In this vita icon, Saint George’s large image is surrounded by twenty narrative scenes, including one at the lower left showing him on a white horse with a princess and a dragon.
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