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  • The Landmark 1588 (Spanish Armada), detail of painting, 1979, by John Miller, 1931-2002, of the beacon atop the castle of St Michael's Mount during the 1588 Spanish Armada, in the castle on St Michael's Mount, a tidal island in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England, the site of a 12th century Benedictine monastery and 14th century castle. The lighting of this beacon when the Spanish ships were seen approaching triggered a line beacons on all the hills of the South coast, warning London of their approach. The island is managed by the National Trust but owned by the St Aubyn family. According to legend, the Mount is the site of a battle between King Arthur and a giant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Il Leone de San Marco, or The Lion of St Mark, Renaissance painting by Cima da Conegliano, 1459-1517, in the Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice, Italy. The winged lion, symbol of the evangelist who is also patron saint of Venice, has a paw on the gospels, and is flanked by (left-right) St John the Baptist with a lamb and book, St John the Evangelist with his gospel, Mary Magdalene with her jar of ointment and St Jerome studying the scriptures. The painting is from the Palazzo Camerlenghi, by the Rialto Bridge, and was originally thought to be by Giovanni Buonsiglio. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John and St Peter Martyr, detail from Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saints Cosmas, John the Evangelist and Peter Martyr, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 38, the cell of Cosimo de Medici, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saints Cosmas, John the Evangelist and Peter Martyr, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 38, the cell of Cosimo de Medici, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of St John the Baptist as a child, holding his cross and with a sheep, in a niche on one of the side altars, dedicated to St John, 18th century, in the Capilla de San Torcuato, an octagonal chapel designed by Diego de Siloe, in Guadix Cathedral, or the Catedral de la Encarnacion de Guadix, begun 16th century and completed mid 18th century, in Baroque style, in Guadix, Andalusia, Southern Spain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saints Cosmas, John the Evangelist and Peter Martyr, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 38, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The saints are (left-right) St Dominic, St Cosmas, St Damian, St Mark, St John the Evangelist, St Thomas Aquinas, St Lawrence and St Peter Martyr. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of St John the Baptist, 1578, by Nikolla Onufri, son of Onufri, in the 13th century Church of St Mary of Blachernae or Kisha e Shen Meri Vllahernes inside Berat Castle or Kalaja e Beratit, in Berat, South-Central Albania, capital of the District of Berat and the County of Berat. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John the Evangelist, St Thomas Aquinas, St Lawrence and St Peter Martyr, detail from Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Icon of St Barbara, pointing at tower where she was locked by her father, in the Coptic Orthodox Church of St Barbara, with marble pulpit and wooden rood screen with painted icons, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The original church here was founded in the 5th century and dedicated to St Cyrus and St John (Abu Kir and Yohanna). The Church of St Barbara was founded by Athanasius of Edessa, scribe of amir Abdel-Aziz Ibn Marwan, 685-705 AD, to house her relics, then was reworked in 1072-73. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Icon of St Barbara, pointing at tower where she was locked by her father, in the Coptic Orthodox Church of St Barbara, with marble pulpit and wooden rood screen with painted icons, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The original church here was founded in the 5th century and dedicated to St Cyrus and St John (Abu Kir and Yohanna). The Church of St Barbara was founded by Athanasius of Edessa, scribe of amir Abdel-Aziz Ibn Marwan, 685-705 AD, to house her relics, then was reworked in 1072-73. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iconostasis in the Coptic Orthodox Church of St Barbara, with marble pulpit and iconostasis, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The original church here was founded in the 5th century and dedicated to St Cyrus and St John (Abu Kir and Yohanna). The Church of St Barbara was founded by Athanasius of Edessa, scribe of amir Abdel-Aziz Ibn Marwan, 685-705 AD, to house her relics, then was reworked in 1072-73. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Chapel of proscomidium or prosthesis, one of the sanctuaries behind the iconostasis, in the Coptic Orthodox Church of St Barbara, with marble pulpit and wooden rood screen with painted icons, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The original church here was founded in the 5th century and dedicated to St Cyrus and St John (Abu Kir and Yohanna). The Church of St Barbara was founded by Athanasius of Edessa, scribe of amir Abdel-Aziz Ibn Marwan, 685-705 AD, to house her relics, then was reworked in 1072-73. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marble pulpit in the Coptic Orthodox Church of St Barbara, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The original church here was founded in the 5th century and dedicated to St Cyrus and St John (Abu Kir and Yohanna). The Church of St Barbara was founded by Athanasius of Edessa, scribe of amir Abdel-Aziz Ibn Marwan, 685-705 AD, to house her relics, then was reworked in 1072-73. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the Coptic Orthodox Church of St Barbara, with marble pulpit and iconostasis, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The original church here was founded in the 5th century and dedicated to St Cyrus and St John (Abu Kir and Yohanna). The Church of St Barbara was founded by Athanasius of Edessa, scribe of amir Abdel-Aziz Ibn Marwan, 685-705 AD, to house her relics, then was reworked in 1072-73. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the Coptic Orthodox Church of St Barbara, with marble pulpit and iconostasis, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The original church here was founded in the 5th century and dedicated to St Cyrus and St John (Abu Kir and Yohanna). The Church of St Barbara was founded by Athanasius of Edessa, scribe of amir Abdel-Aziz Ibn Marwan, 685-705 AD, to house her relics, then was reworked in 1072-73. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Barbara, painting, next to the entrance door in the Coptic Orthodox Church of St Barbara, with marble pulpit and wooden rood screen with painted icons, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The original church here was founded in the 5th century and dedicated to St Cyrus and St John (Abu Kir and Yohanna). The Church of St Barbara was founded by Athanasius of Edessa, scribe of amir Abdel-Aziz Ibn Marwan, 685-705 AD, to house her relics, then was reworked in 1072-73. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the Coptic Orthodox Church of St Barbara, with marble pulpit and iconostasis, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The original church here was founded in the 5th century and dedicated to St Cyrus and St John (Abu Kir and Yohanna). The Church of St Barbara was founded by Athanasius of Edessa, scribe of amir Abdel-Aziz Ibn Marwan, 685-705 AD, to house her relics, then was reworked in 1072-73. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the Coptic Orthodox Church of St Barbara, with marble pulpit and iconostasis, in Coptic Cairo, an area of Old Cairo, in Cairo, Egypt. The original church here was founded in the 5th century and dedicated to St Cyrus and St John (Abu Kir and Yohanna). The Church of St Barbara was founded by Athanasius of Edessa, scribe of amir Abdel-Aziz Ibn Marwan, 685-705 AD, to house her relics, then was reworked in 1072-73. Christianity grew here near the Babylon fort from the late pharaonic and Roman eras and during Islamic rule, and 6 early christian churches remain. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptism of Christ, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the cloister of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ, attended by angels, is baptised in the river Jordan by St John the Baptist, with the Virgin and St Dominic looking on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptism of Christ, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the cloister of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ, attended by angels, is baptised in the river Jordan by St John the Baptist, with the Virgin and St Dominic looking on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Angels holding towels, detail from Baptism of Christ, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the cloister of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ, attended by angels, is baptised in the river Jordan by St John the Baptist, with the Virgin and St Dominic looking on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baptism of Christ, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the cloister of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ, attended by angels, is baptised in the river Jordan by St John the Baptist, with the Virgin and St Dominic looking on. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Statue of St Teresa, in the Chapel built over the room where she was born, Convento de Santa Teresa,(Convent of St Teresa), 1629-36, Avila, Spain, constructed in Baroque style on the site of St Teresa's birthplace by architect and monk Alonso de san Jose (1600-54). Santa Teresa (1515-82), was a Carmelite nun, canonized 1622. Photograph by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Virgin and St John the Baptist with the body of Christ, detail from the Lamentation over Christ, Renaissance fresco, 1440-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 2 of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and St John the Baptist with the body of Christ, detail from the Lamentation over Christ, Renaissance fresco, 1440-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 2 of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Supper, or Sant Sopar, detail, c. 1462-75, tempera and stucco relief with gold leaf, from the St Augustine Altarpiece, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, and Pau Vergos, in Gothic style, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. The painting depicts Jesus blessing the bread and wine in the original communion and St John asleep on Christ's shoulder. This is a panel from the altarpiece from the convent church of Sant Agusti Vell, Barcelona, commissioned by the Guild of Tanners. The MNAC holds 7 of the 8 surviving panels from this altarpiece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Last Supper, or Sant Sopar, detail, c. 1462-75, tempera and stucco relief with gold leaf, from the St Augustine Altarpiece, by Jaume Huguet, 1412-92, and Pau Vergos, in Gothic style, in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. The painting depicts Jesus blessing the bread and wine in the original communion and St John asleep on Christ's shoulder. This is a panel from the altarpiece from the convent church of Sant Agusti Vell, Barcelona, commissioned by the Guild of Tanners. The MNAC holds 7 of the 8 surviving panels from this altarpiece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christ in Glory from the Last Judgement mosaic, with Christ in heaven holding the cross, with angels, the Virgin and St John the Baptist, 1836, by Lattanzio Querena, over the main portal of Western facade of St Mark's Basilica, or Basilica San Marco, Venice. This 19th century copy replaces the original mosaic which was destroyed by fire. The basilica was consecrated 1084-1117 and was originally the chapel of the Doge, becoming the city's cathedral in 1807. The city of Venice is an archipelago of 117 small islands separated by canals and linked by bridges, in the Venetian Lagoon. The historical centre of Venice is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Lawrence, painting, 1504, in the Basilique-Cathedrale de Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Perpignan, a 14th century Gothic cathedral, in Perpignan, Pyrenees-Orientales, Catalogne du Nord, France. St Lawrence holds a bible and a palm branch, and is seated beside a gridiron. The cathedral is also known as Saint-Jean-le-Neuf, and incorporates an earlier Romanesque cathedral, Saint-Jean-le-Vieux. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lamentation over Christ, Renaissance fresco, 1440-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 2 of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the sacristy in stone and marble, part of the rood screen of 1610 by Jacques Bugier, moved here in 1768, in the ambulatory of the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. On the pediment are terracotta statues by Gervais I Delabarre of St John the Evangelist and St Matthew, and above the Virgin in mourning by Charles Hoyau. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ambulatory, and the entrance to the sacristy in stone and marble, part of the rood screen of 1610 by Jacques Bugier, moved here in 1768, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. On the pediment are terracotta statues by Gervais I Delabarre of St John the Evangelist and St Matthew, and above the Virgin in mourning by Charles Hoyau. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a wood relief of the Last Supper from the canons' stalls, 13th century, made for the choir but moved to the sacristy in 1935, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a wood relief of the Last Supper from the canons' stalls, 13th century, made for the choir but moved to the sacristy in 1935, in the Cathedrale Saint-Julien du Mans or Cathedral of St Julian of Le Mans, Le Mans, Sarthe, Loire, France. The cathedral was built from the 6th to the 14th centuries, with both Romanesque and High Gothic elements. It is dedicated to St Julian of Le Mans, the city's first bishop, who established Christianity in the area in the 4th century AD. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of St John on the bema or raised platform in the nave of the Basilica of St John with the atrium in the distance, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". The tomb and the burial area were unearthed by the first excavator, Greek archaeologist G A. Soteriu, in 1920-22. From the early Christian period, dust from the tomb was said to be miraculous and cure illness. The tomb itself is in the crypt below this columned structure. The floor of the bema was covered in polychrome geometric stone panels. Originally, the church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway to the Tomb of St John at the Basilica of St John with the 2-storey narthex behind, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". This doorway leads onto the far end of the nave opposite the narthex, where storks now nest on the capitals of the columns on the upper storey, seen here. The church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of St John on the bema or raised platform in the nave of the Basilica of St John with the atrium in the distance, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". The tomb and the burial area were unearthed by the first excavator, Greek archaeologist G A. Soteriu, in 1920-22. From the early Christian period, dust from the tomb was said to be miraculous and cure illness. The tomb itself is in the crypt below this columned structure. The floor of the bema was covered in polychrome geometric stone panels, some of which can be seen here on the left. Originally, the church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Unidentified marble structure thought to be either a fountain in a decorative enclosure with columns and pediment, or an altar, in the nave of the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". Originally, the church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Columns with pediments from the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". The church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave of the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". The domes were over the central crossing, choir, transepts and nave. Five domes rested on solid piers in the corners of the cross and surmounted the arms and centre crossing, held in place by massive marble pillars. Storks now nest on the capitals of the columns on the upper storey of the nave arcade or narthex, seen here. The church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apse and transepts of the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". The apse is to the East of the church and would have had a central altar. The domes were over the central crossing, choir, transepts and nave. Five domes rested on solid piers in the corners of the cross and surmounted the arms and centre crossing, held in place by massive marble pillars. Storks now nest on the capitals of the columns on the upper storey. The church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fragment of decorative Christian carving showing a diamond-shaped design with interlinked lines and floral and vegetal motifs, from the nave of the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". Originally, the church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative Christian carving showing a cross enclosed in swirling interlinked lines forming a rectangular border, from the nave of the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". Originally, the church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative Christian carving showing 2 crosses with floral motifs in circles and smaller winged crosses below, from the nave of the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". Originally, the church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross at prayer, oil painting on wood, 17th century, by an unknown artist, copy of the original held by the Carmelitas Delcalzos in Granada, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Model of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross sitting at a desk and writing in a book with a quill pen, in a reconstruction of his cell, using his original table, an 18th century habit and a bench from the the Hospederia de la Carmelitas Descalzas de Beas de Segura, where St John stayed many times, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Herod's banquet, Salome's dance, the presentation of the head of St John and the beheading of St John the Baptist, 13th century, from the tympanum of the Portail Saint Jean or St John Portal, on the Western facade of Rouen Cathedral or the Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Rouen, built 12th century in Gothic style, with work continuing through the 13th and 14th centuries, Rouen, Normandy, France. The St John Portal depicts scenes from the lives of the 2 St Johns. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Ruins of the Basilica of St John with the 2-storey narthex, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". The domes were over the central crossing, choir, transepts and nave. Five domes rested on solid piers in the corners of the cross and surmounted the arms and centre crossing, held in place by massive marble pillars. Storks now nest on the capitals of the columns on the upper storey of the nave arcade or narthex, seen here. The church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Doorway between rooms in the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". The church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Large octagonal baptistery of the Basilica of St John with the nave arcade behind, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". The baptistery consists of an octagonal central part surrounded by a corridor and corner rooms and flanked with apsidal halls to the east and the west. In the floor is the baptismal font. Storks now nest on the capitals of the columns on the upper storey of the nave arcade or narthex, seen here. The church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative Christian carving showing a large cross and smaller flowers enclosed in circles within a rectangular border, from the nave of the Basilica of St John, built 536-565 AD under Emperor Justinian on the site of the apostle's tomb, Ephesus, Izmir, Turkey. St John the Evangelist spent his last years in Ephesus and died here. In the 4th century a church was erected over his tomb but in the 6th century Justinian ordered the construction of a large, 6-domed basilica built of stone and brick with marble columns in a Greek cross plan, the ruins of which we see today. The church measures 130x56m and was an important Christian pilgrimage site, attaining the status of "Church of the Cross". Originally, the church interior would have been covered with frescoes, and the vaults with mosaics. An earthquake in the 14th century destroyed most of the building. Ephesus was an ancient Greek city founded in the 10th century BC, and later a major Roman city, on the Ionian coast near present day Selcuk. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painted wooden statue of Santa Teresa de Jesus or St Teresa of Avila, 1515-82, Carmelite Reform author, seated at a desk and writing using a quill pen, late 17th century, by Jose Risueno, 1665–1721, Baroque artist from Granada, in Room 6 (St Michael's Choir Loft) of the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. The sculpture belonged to the Convent of the Martyrs in Granada, and is in the collection of the Carmelitas Delcalzos Curia Provincial in Cordoba. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Oblique view of the Chapel of Italy, St John's Co-Cathedral, 1571-77, Valletta, Malta, pictured on June 7, 2008, in the afternoon. The Republic of Malta consists of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea of which Malta, Gozo and Comino have been inhabited since c.5,200 BC. Nine of Malta's important historical monuments are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including  the capital city, Valletta, also known as the Fortress City. Built in the late 16th century and mainly Baroque in style it is named after its founder Jean Parisot de Valette (c.1494-1568), Grand Master of the Order of St John. Designed by Girolamo Cassar after the Great Siege of 1565, the cathedral houses chapels for the 8 langues, or sections, of the Knights of St John. The Italian Chapel is dedicated to St Catherine. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of the Chapel of Italy, St John's Co-Cathedral, 1571-77, Valletta, Malta, pictured on June 7, 2008, in the afternoon. The Republic of Malta consists of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea of which Malta, Gozo and Comino have been inhabited since c.5,200 BC. Nine of Malta's important historical monuments are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including  the capital city, Valletta, also known as the Fortress City. Built in the late 16th century and mainly Baroque in style it is named after its founder Jean Parisot de Valette (c.1494-1568), Grand Master of the Order of St John. Designed by Girolamo Cassar after the Great Siege of 1565, the cathedral houses chapels for the 8 langues, or sections, of the Knights of St John. The Italian Chapel is dedicated to St Catherine. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • General view of the Chapel of Italy, St John's Co-Cathedral, 1571-77, Valletta, Malta, pictured on June 7, 2008, in the afternoon. The Republic of Malta consists of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea of which Malta, Gozo and Comino have been inhabited since c.5,200 BC. Nine of Malta's important historical monuments are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including  the capital city, Valletta, also known as the Fortress City. Built in the late 16th century and mainly Baroque in style it is named after its founder Jean Parisot de Valette (c.1494-1568), Grand Master of the Order of St John. Designed by Girolamo Cassar after the Great Siege of 1565, the cathedral houses chapels for the 8 langues, or sections, of the Knights of St John. The Italian Chapel is dedicated to St Catherine. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Silver casket containing the remains of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Clothed and crowned sculpture of the baby Jesus, used by San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross when celebrating Christmas, 16th century, by an unknown artist, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Engraving of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, 18th century, by an unknown artist, from the collection of the Carmelitas Descalzos or Order of the Discalced Carmelites, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Baroque altarpiece from the Basilica de San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, made by monks as well as craftsmen, in Room 2 of the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross with a cross, on the Baroque altarpiece from the Basilica de San Juan de la Cruz, made by monks as well as craftsmen, in Room 2 of the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a painted portrait of San Juan de la Cruz or St John of the Cross, in Room 3 of the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The entombment of St John the Evangelist, 13th century, from the tympanum of the Portail Saint Jean or St John Portal, on the Western facade of Rouen Cathedral or the Cathedrale de Notre Dame de Rouen, built 12th century in Gothic style, with work continuing through the 13th and 14th centuries, Rouen, Normandy, France. The St John Portal depicts scenes from the lives of the 2 St Johns. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • "Christ Appearance" fresco, North transept, Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano (The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran), 324 AD, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. This Gothic cathedral is the official seat of the Bishop of Rome (i.e. the Pope), contains the papal throne, ranks above St Peters Basilica and falls under the special jurisdiction of the Holy See despite being in Rome. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St Damian, St Cosmas, St Lawrence, St Mark, St John the Baptist; Mary of Clopas, Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, St John (left-right), detail from Crucifixion with Saints, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, from the North tympanum opposite the chapter house entrance in the Convento San Marco, now the Museo di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the crucifixion of Jesus and the 2 thieves, with saints in mourning, and beneath, medallion portraits of Dominican saints, painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, Fra Angelico's assistant. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crucifixion sculpture with Christ twisting on the cross, in the Basilica de San Juan de la Cruz, in the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Neo-classical facade of Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano (The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran), by Constantine the Great, 4th century, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Official seat of the Bishop of Rome (i.e. the Pope), the cathedral contains the papal throne, ranks above St Peters Basilica and falls under the special jurisdiction of the Holy See despite being in Rome. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Neo-classical facade of Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano (The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran), by Constantine the Great, 4th century, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Official seat of the Bishop of Rome (i.e. the Pope), the cathedral contains the papal throne, ranks above St Peters Basilica and falls under the special jurisdiction of the Holy See despite being in Rome. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Roofline statues of Christ and saints, Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano (The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran), by Constantine the Great, 4th century, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. Seat of the Bishop of Rome (i.e. the Pope), the cathedral contains the papal throne, ranks above St Peters Basilica and falls under the special jurisdiction of the Holy See despite being in Rome. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • "Christ Appearance" fresco, North transept, Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano (The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran), 324 AD, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. This Gothic cathedral is the official seat of the Bishop of Rome (i.e. the Pope), contains the papal throne, ranks above St Peters Basilica and falls under the special jurisdiction of the Holy See despite being in Rome. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The arrest of St John and St John before Herod, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The arrest of St John and St John before Herod, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apsidal mosaic, 1291, created by Jacopo Torriti, commissioned by Nicholas IV, Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano (The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran), by Constantine the Great, 4th century, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. The apse mosaic depicts the miraculous appearance of Christ in the basilicas apse at the time of its consecration by Pope Sylvester. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apsidal mosaic, 1291, created by Jacopo Torriti, commissioned by Nicholas IV, Arcibasilica Papale di San Giovanni in Laterano (The Papal Archbasilica of St. John Lateran), by Constantine the Great, 4th century, Vatican City, Rome, Italy. The apse mosaic depicts the miraculous appearance of Christ in the basilicas apse at the time of its consecration by Pope Sylvester. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John the Baptist, bronze Renaissance statue by Donatello, 1386-1466, in the Chapel of St John the Baptist, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John the Baptist, bronze Renaissance statue by Donatello, 1386-1466, in the Chapel of St John the Baptist, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John the Baptist, bronze statue by Donatello, 1386-1466, in the Chapel of St John the Baptist, in the Duomo di Siena or Siena Cathedral, built 1196-1348 and consecrated in 1215, designed by Giovanni di Agostino, Giovanni Pisano and Camaino di Crescentino, in Siena, Tuscany, Italy. The cathedral has elements of Italian Gothic, Romanesque, and Classical styes and is built from stripes of white and green-black marble. The historic centre of Siena is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Virgin and child sculpture from the Baroque altarpiece from the Basilica de San Juan de la Cruz, made by monks as well as craftsmen, in Room 2 of the Museum of St John of the Cross, or the Museo Conventual y Oratorio de San Juan de la Cruz, Ubeda, Jaen, Andalusia, Spain. St John of the Cross, 1542-91, was a Spanish mystic, Roman Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest and one of the Doctors of the Church. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John the Baptist, sculpture, Louis-Simon BOIZOT, 1743-1809, La Chapelle saint Jean-Baptiste (Chapel of St John the Baptist), Eglise Saint-Sulpice (St Sulpitius' Church), c.1646-1745, late Baroque church on the Left Bank, Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from the front of St. John's Co-Cathedral, 1571-77, Valletta, Malta, pictured on June 7, 1008, in the afternoon. The Republic of Malta consists of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea of which Malta, Gozo and Comino have been inhabited since c.5,200 BC. Nine of Malta's important historical monuments are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including  the capital city, Valletta, also known as the Fortress City. Built in the late 16th century and mainly Baroque in style it is named after its founder Jean Parisot de Valette (c.1494-1568), Grand Master of the Order of St John. Designed by Girolamo Cassar the facade of the cathedral is flanked by  bell towers, and almost military in character, reflecting the fact that it was built after the Great Siege of 1565. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Aerial view of the Church of St John, 20th century, Xewkija, Gozo, Malta, pictured on June 7, 2008, in the morning. The Republic of Malta consists of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea of which Malta, Gozo and Comino have been inhabited since c.5,200 BC. It has been ruled by Phoenicians (Malat is Punic for safe haven), Greeks, Romans, Fatimids, Sicilians, Knights of St John, French and the British, from whom it became independent in 1964. Xewkija became a parish in 1678 and its original church was consecrated in 1755. The new church, 1951-78, designed by Joseph D'Amato, and inspired by the Basilica of Santa Maria Della Salute, Venice, features a huge rotunda and dome 75 metres high and 28 metres in diameter. The old church has been rebuilt next door. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • A man decorating a shield, from the donor window of the gunsmiths, from the St John the Evangelist stained glass window, 13th century, in the nave of Chartres cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Unusually, this window is shaped like an axe-head, to reflect its donors' occupation. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The beheading of St John, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The revenge of Herodias, with the head of St John on a plate, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John revealing the Lamb of God, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John revealing his mission, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The baptism of Jesus by St John, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The revenge of Herodias, with the head of St John on a plate, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The revenge of Herodias, with the head of St John on a plate, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of men in the city from the beheading of St John, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The beheading of St John, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_France_MC972.jpg
  • St John preaching, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John preaching, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_France_MC979.jpg
  • Virgin Mary carrying the baby Jesus whilst riding on a donkey to Bethlehem, from the St John the Evangelist stained glass window, 13th century, in the nave of Chartres cathedral, Eure-et-Loir, France. Chartres cathedral was built 1194-1250 and is a fine example of Gothic architecture. Most of its windows date from 1205-40 although a few earlier 12th century examples are also intact. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Low angle view of spire of St John's Church, 13th century, Riga, Latvia. St. John's Church was first recorded in 1297 as the chapel of a Dominican abbey. Legend tells of two Medieval monks who chose to live bricked up in the southern wall of the church, fed trough a hole in the wall. Riga, capital city of Latvia, founded in 1201 at the mouth of the Dauvaga River, is an important trading centre, having been a member of the Hanseatic League, and is also well known for its 19th century wooden buildings and Art Nouveau architecture. As Latvia is former Soviet state it has a mixed Russian and Latvian population. The historic centre is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Capistran Chancel, a baroque sculpture of St Capistrano trampling a Turkish muslim, originally the cathedral pulpit, used by St John Capistrano and John Hunyadi to preach a crusade in 1456, now located outside the Stephansdom or St Stephen's Cathedral, catholic cathedral built 14th century under Duke Rudolph IV in Romanesque and Gothic style, on the site of an older church, in Stephansplatz in Vienna, Austria. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The beheading of St John, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_France_MC915.jpg
  • The beheading of St John, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC14_France_MC916.jpg
  • The beheading of St John, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • St John revealing the Lamb of God, polychrome high relief in the second row on the North side of the Gothic choir screen in the North ambulatory, 1490-1530, commissioned by canon Adrien de Henencourt and made by the sculptor Antoine Ancquier, depicting the life of St John the Baptist, at the Basilique Cathedrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens or Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens, built 1220-70 in Gothic style, Amiens, Picardy, France. Amiens Cathedral was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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