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Place de l'Hippodrome 1 (2e)
(Église Sainte Blandine)

Le martyre de Sainte Blandine

The martyrdom of Saint Blandine

Saint Blandina, martyr who died at Lyon, 177 AD
(Wikipedia)

Jules Comparat
1886

Description

Stone relief in the tympan above the entrance to the Saint-Blandina Church. It shows Saint Blandina with two lions in the arena.

Signature

Comparat 1886

Sculptor

Jules Comparat, French sculptor.

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Église Sainte Blandine de Lyon.
Séverine Penlou, Rôles et fonctions de la sculpture religieuse à Lyon de 1850 à 1914 (thèse Lyon 2, 2008) (PDF on-line), cat. 828.
J.B. Martin, Histoire des églises et chapelles de Lyon (Lyon 1908-1909), vol. I (PDF on-line), p. 311-316.

Location (N 45°44'42" - E 4°49'24")

Item Code: frra310; Photograph: 18 August 2018
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