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Saint Eustace (Latinized Eustachius or Eustathius, Greek Εὐστάθιος Πλακίδας Eustathios Plakidas) [1] is revered as a Christian martyr. According to legend, he was martyred in AD 118, at the command of emperor Hadrian. Eustace was a pagan Roman general, who converted to Christianity after he had a vision of the cross while hunting.
The Reliquary of Saint Eustace is a medieval silver and wooden holy container in the shape of Saint Eustace's head that once formed part of Basel Minster's treasury. The treasury was acquired by the Canton of Basel in 1836 and shortly afterwards sold at auction to collectors and museums across Europe.
Eustache first became deacon and archdeacon of Autun, [3] was elected archbishop of Bourges, after the death of Severe Sulpice on 29 January 591 and was the 20th to occupy the episcopal see, he left to his successor Apolinaire. [4] In Bourges the Roman Catholic Church honoured him as a saint on 31 December. [5]
English: The Reliquary Head of St Eustace in the British Museum. Made from silver-gilt, sycamore, amethyst, carnelian, rock crystal, chalcedony, pearl, Roman glass. An inner sculpture made of sycamore wood was discovered during cleaning in 1956.
As of 2021, there are thirteen properties in Switzerland inscribed on the World Heritage List, nine of which are cultural sites and four are natural sites. The first three sites were added to the list in 1983: Old City of Berne, Abbey of Saint Gall, and Benedictine Abbey of St. John at Müstair.
Eustace, also rendered Eustis, (/ ˈ juː s t ɪ s / YOOS-tis) is the rendition in English of two phonetically similar Greek given names: Εὔσταχυς ( Eústachys ) meaning "fruitful", "fecund"; [ 1 ] literally "abundant in grain "; its Latin equivalents are Fæcundus/Fecundus
13th-century English illuminated manuscript depicting St Eustace and the white hart. White deer hold a place in the traditions of many cultures. They are considered to be messengers from the otherworld in some Celtic mythology; [citation needed] they also played an important role in other pre-Indo-European cultures, especially in the north. [2]
The Vision of Saint Eustace is a painting by the early Italian Renaissance master Pisanello, now in the National Gallery in London. The date of the work is unknown and has been assigned by various scholars to different points in Pisanello's career, [ 1 ] but the National Gallery's website currently dates it to "about 1438-1442".