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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.
Art dealers - John the Evangelist; Artillerymen - Barbara; Artists - Luke the Evangelist, Philip Neri, Eligius; Astronauts - Joseph of Cupertino; Astronomers - Dominic; Athletes - Sebastian, Christopher, St Hyacinth; Attorneys - Genesius; Authors - Francis de Sales, [5] John the Evangelist, Lucy
[b] The Catholic Church and other major denominations venerate him as Saint Luke the Evangelist and as a patron saint of artists, physicians, bachelors, notaries, butchers, brewers, and others; his feast day is 18 October.
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]
16th-century Russian version showing copy of the Theotokos of Vladimir. Though not included in the canonic pictorial of Mary's life, the scene became increasingly popular as Saint Luke gained his own devotional following as the patron saint of artists in general, and more specifically as patron saint of the Guild of Saint Luke, the most common name of local painters' guilds.
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 ...
St. Luke is the patron saint of the painters' guild and is often depicted as the painter of the Virgin Mary. His attributes include a winged bull, a pen and a book or scroll. Theodoric was the head of the painters' guild in Prague from about the mid 1360s and his painting of St. Luke is one of his best works.
Catherine de' Medici was a patron of the arts made a significant contribution to the French Renaissance. Catherine was inspired by the example of her father-in-law, King Francis I of France (reigned 1515–1547), who had hosted the leading artists of Europe at his court.