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Saint Valentine of Rome was martyred on February 14 in AD 269. [39] The Feast of Saint Valentine, also known as Saint Valentine's Day, was established by Pope Gelasius I in AD 496 to be celebrated on February 14 in honour of the Christian martyr. [40] A shrine of Saint Valentine in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland
Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, [1] is celebrated annually on February 14. [2] It originated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine , and through later folk traditions it has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in ...
Most Christian groups use or have used art to some extent, including early Christian art and architecture and Christian media. Images of Jesus and narrative scenes from the Life of Christ are the most common subjects, and scenes from the Old Testament play a part in the art of most denominations.
Christian images (7 C, 77 F) S. Saints in art (6 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Christian art" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
1628 – Valentine Greatrakes, Irish faith healer (d. 1683) [23] 1640 – Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler (d. 1693) [citation needed] 1670 – Rajaram Raj Bhonsle, third Chhatrapati of the Maratha Confederacy (d. 1700) [24] 1679 – Georg Friedrich Kauffmann, German organist and composer (d. 1735)
Despite the banning in 391 of all non-Christian cults and festivals, the Lupercalia was celebrated by the nominally Christian populace on a regular basis into the reign of the emperor Anastasius. Pope Gelasius I (494–96) claimed that only the "vile rabble" were involved in the festival [ 22 ] and sought its forceful abolition; the Roman ...
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The Good Shepherd, c. 300–350, at the Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome The Good Shepherd (Greek: ποιμὴν ὁ καλός, poimḗn ho kalós) is an image used in the pericope of John 10:1–21, in which Jesus Christ is depicted as the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for his sheep.