The Manly Saints Project

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Saint Galgano

Saint Galgano

The saint and the sword in the stone

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Nov 26, 2022
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Join me today to meet the saint of the original sword in the stone.

In Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s Allegory of Good and Bad Government in the Palazzo Publico, Siena, Saint Galgano is said to be the last knight on the far right of the picture, looking somewhat sleepily out over the scene, 1338-40. (Source: José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro)

Name: Galgano, Galganus, s…

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