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Sep 20, 2017 · 6165. 10. The story of Saint Eustace tells how a Roman general named Placidus was once out hunting. He pursued a noble stag, which suddenly turned and approached him. Between the stag’s antlers Placidus saw a crucifix. A voice was calling him by name. During the vision he received a prophecy: “I am Jesus who you honor without knowing it ...
Sep 20, 2023 · 9309. 19. Saint Eustace, originally a Roman general named Placidus, experienced a profound transformation during a hunting trip. As he was chasing a majestic stag, the animal suddenly turned to face him. Remarkably, nestled between its antlers, Placidus perceived a crucifix. Accompanying this vision was a voice that identified itself as Jesus ...
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Eustace was a pagan Roman general, who converted to Christianity after he had a vision of the cross while hunting. Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Saint Eustace has received more than 435,666 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019).
May 27, 2023 · In the 15th century Eustace was one of the 14 Holy Helpers of popular devotion. Prepared in 2014 by Richard Stracke, Emeritus Professor of English, Augusta University, revised 2015-11-02. HOME PAGE. Detail from Albrecht Dürer's Paumgartner Altarpiece (See the description page) Pisanello, The Vision of St. Eustace (See the description page)
Dimensions. 54.5 cm × 65.5 cm (21.5 in × 25.8 in) Location. National Gallery, London. The Vision of Saint Eustace is a painting by the early Italian Renaissance master Pisanello, now in the National Gallery in London. The date of the work is unknown and has been assigned by various scholars to different points in Pisanello's career, [1] but ...
- 54.5 cm × 65.5 cm (21.5 in × 25.8 in)
- Pisanello
- c. 1438–1442
Abbot Suger mentions the first relics of Eustace in Europe, at an altar in the royal Basilica of St Denis; Philip Augustus of France rededicated the church of Saint Agnès, Paris, which became Saint-Eustache (rebuilt in the 16th–17th centuries). The story of Eustace was popularized in Jacobus da Varagine’s Golden Legend (c. 1260).
Saint Eustace is revered as a Christian martyr. According to legend, he was martyred in AD 118, at the command of emperor Hadrian. Eustace was a pagan Roman general, who converted to Christianity after he had a vision of the cross while hunting. He lost all his wealth, was separated from his wife and sons, and went into exile in Egypt. Called back to lead the Roman army by emperor Trajan ...
