Mural Paintings in the Cluniac Chapel of Berze-la-Ville #4
by RicardMN Photography
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Mural Paintings in the Cluniac Chapel of Berze-la-Ville #4
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RicardMN Photography
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Martyrdom of st Vincent. Mural Paintings in the Cluniac Chapel of Berze-la-Ville, France.
Former Cluniac priory chapel in Burgundy, France. The two-storey chapel, constructed in the early 12th century, is situated south of its mother house, Cluny Abbey. In 1887 important wall paintings were uncovered in the upper chapel, which comprises a single-cell nave (l. 7.50 m) with a slightly pointed barrel vault, a short choir (l. 2.70 m), and a semicircular apse.
The middle sections is pierced with three apertures flanked by two blind arches, in which are represented the scenes of the martyrdom of St Blaise to the north and St Vincent to the south.
Saint Vincent of Saragossa was born at Huesca and martyred under the Emperor Diocletian around the year 304.
His outspoken manner so angered the governor that Vincent was inflicted every sort of torture on him. He was stretched on the rack and his flesh torn with iron hooks. Then his wounds were rubbed with salt and he was burned alive upon a red-hot gridiron. Finally he was cast into prison and laid on a floor scattered with broken pottery, where he died. During his martyrdom he preserved such peace and tranquillity that it astonished his jailer, who repented from his sins and was converted. (Description from qantara-med.org and wikipedia)
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