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Also Known As Lazarus of Bethany • Eleazar of Bethany
Flourished c.1 - 101

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Jean Jouvenet: The Raising of Lazarus
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Lazarus
New Testament parable figure
Ernest Renan
French scholar
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
St. Peter the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Antonello da Messina: Madonna and Child
Mary
mother of Jesus
St. Ignatius of Antioch
Syrian bishop
Giotto: The Arrest of Christ (Kiss of Judas)
Judas Iscariot
Apostle
St. Cyril of Alexandria
Christian theologian
St. Damasus I
St. Damasus I
pope
Leo I
St. Leo I
pope
Saint Zosimus
pope
Liberius
Liberius
pope
St. Sylvester I
pope
Pelagius
Christian theologian
St. Clement I
pope
St. Dionysius
pope
Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo: Christ with Joseph of Arimathea
St. Joseph of Arimathea
biblical figure
Saint Simplicius
Italian saint
St. Stephen I
pope
Simeon Stylites, Saint
St. Simeon Stylites
Christian monk