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Saint Empress Flaccilla Nursing the Poor and the Sick and Saint Deogratias Caring for the Sick in the Church
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Saint Empress Flaccilla Nursing the Poor and the Sick and Saint Deogratias Caring for the Sick in the Church

Jan Luyken · 1700 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Two scenes on a plate. Above: St. Empress Flaccilla distributing food to a sick woman in the guesthouse. Other sick people in the background. Below: St. Deogratias, Bishop of Carthage, has converted his church into a hospital and cares for the sick together with other Christians.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineHeilige keizerin Flaccilla verpleegt de armen en zieken en de heilige Deogratias verzorgt zieken in de kerk. 1700. Jan Luyken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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