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St. Bartholomew, stained-glass window, 19th century; St. Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds, Eng.
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Flourished c.1 - c.100

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St. Bartholomew, stained-glass window, 19th century; St. Mary's Church, Bury St. Edmunds, Eng.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
Christian bishop and historian
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
St. Cyril of Alexandria
Christian theologian
St. Damasus I
St. Damasus I
pope
Leo I
St. Leo I
pope
Saint Zosimus
pope
John of Jerusalem
theologian and bishop
St. Matthew
apostle
Liberius
Liberius
pope
Saint Hilarion
Palestinian monk
St. Sylvester I
pope
Pelagius
Christian theologian
St. Euthymius the Great
Eastern Orthodox monk
St. Clement I
pope
Epiphanius of Constantia, Saint
Saint Epiphanius of Constantia
bishop of Salamis
St. Dionysius
pope
Saint Simplicius
Italian saint

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