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Domrémy-la-Pucelle
Vosges
Lorraine

Côté de la Basilique ☒
(Basilique du Bois Chenu - Porche)

Saint-Martin et Saint-Georges

Saint Martin and Saint George

La Sainterie
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Domrémy-la-Pucelle / Saint-Martin et Saint-Georges

Description

Two stone statues in the portal of the basilica:

(Savaria, Pannonia (now Szombathely, Hungary), 316 - Candes-Saint-Martin, Gaul 397), 3rd Bishop of Tours. Around his name much legendary material accrued and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Christian saints (Wikipedia).
(ca. 275/281 - 303), Roman soldier from Syria Palaestina and a priest in the Guard of Diocletian, one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers. He is immortalized in the tale of Saint George and the Dragon (Wikipedia)

Sculptor

La Sainterie.

Sources & Information

Bernard Mugnier, La statuaire johannique: Tome second (Vesoul: l'auteur, 2011), p. 321.

Locatie (N 48°25'40" - E 5°40'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frlo039; Photograph: 13 June 2011
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