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  2. Catherine of Bologna - Wikipedia

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    Catherine of Bologna [Caterina de' Vigri] (8 September 1413 – 9 March 1463) [2] [3] was an Italian Poor Clare, writer, teacher, mystic, artist, and saint.The patron saint of artists and against temptations, Catherine de' Vigri was venerated for nearly three centuries in her native Bologna before being formally canonized in 1712 by Pope Clement XI.

  3. List of patron saints by occupation and activity - Wikipedia

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    Servers the sick - Saint Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur [26] Shepherds - Bernadette of Lourdes, [5] Cuthbert, Cuthman, Dominic of Silos, Drogo of Sebourg, George, Germaine Cousin, Julian the Hospitaller, Raphael the Archangel, Regina, Solange; Shoemakers - Crispin, Gangulphus, Peter the Apostle, Theobald of Provins; Shorthand writers ...

  4. Uriel - Wikipedia

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    Uriel is a patron of the arts. The Angelic council, Eastern Orthodox icon of the Seven Archangels. ... and is regarded as the patron saint of the arts and sciences ...

  5. Bartholomew the Apostle - Wikipedia

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    [48] [43] In works of art the saint has been depicted being skinned by tanners, as in Guido da Siena's reliquary shutters with the Martyrdoms of St. Francis, St. Claire, St. Bartholomew, and St. Catherine of Alexandria. [49] Popular in Florence and other areas in Tuscany, the saint also came to be associated with salt, oil, and cheese merchants ...

  6. Guild of Saint Luke - Wikipedia

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    The Guild of Saint Luke was the most common name for a city guild for painters and other artists in early modern Europe, especially in the Low Countries. They were named in honor of the Evangelist Luke, the patron saint of artists, who was identified by John of Damascus as having painted the Virgin's portrait. [1]

  7. List of art deities - Wikipedia

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    The following list of art deities is arranged by continent with names of mythological figures and deities associated with the arts. Art deities are a form of religious iconography incorporated into artistic compositions by many religions as a dedication to their respective gods and goddesses.

  8. Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin - Wikipedia

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    Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin is a large oil and tempera on oak panel painting, usually dated between 1435 and 1440, attributed to the Early Netherlandish painter Rogier van der Weyden. Housed in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, it shows Luke the Evangelist, patron saint of artists, sketching the Virgin Mary as she nurses the Child Jesus. The ...

  9. Genesius of Rome - Wikipedia

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    The British Catholic Stage Guild regards him as their patron saint, and the Shrine of St. Genesius in Saint Malachy's Roman Catholic Church in the New York City Borough of Manhattan, serves as a spiritual landmark for the city's acting community. As the patron saint of epilepsy, many thus afflicted turn to