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This image shows the administration of the Blessed Sacrament to Nicole Obry in 1566. One of the many exorcism preformed on the young female demoniac. French exorcists used the Eucharist in exorcisms as part of a Huguenots to prove that Christ was…

This engraving by Jacques Callot depicts an unidentified woman during her exorcism. The female demoniac's back is arched, her limbs are extended, and her head is twisted to her left. A picture of the Virgin Mary, whose help was often solicited in…

This image from The Devil Within: Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West by Brian P. Levack is centered on the execution of Urbain Grandier at Loudun in 1634. Grandier was one of three French priests convicted of causing the possession of nuns…

This image, also known as symptoms of hysteria I is created by Jean-Franois Badoureau depicts Louise Latreau, a patient in Jean-Martin Chacot's clinic, experiencing a hysterical attack in the late nineteenth century. The drawing shows the…

This is a Jesuit altarpiece painted by Peter Paul Rubens shows a demonic possession. St. Ignatius is the largest figure in the paintings surrounded by a glowing aura. One of his hands is on the altar, the other outstretched over the two demoniacs…

This sixteenth-century French engraving depicts St. Catherine of Siena (1347-1380) performing an exorcism of a female demoniac. The image most likely comes from an illustrated bibliography of the St. CatherineÍs life and miracles. Men performed most…

St. Eligius (c. 590-659) was the bishop of Noyon. Painted in the fifteenth century by an anonymous artist. Eligius is shown praying, and identified by the halo as the exorcist in this scene of demonic possession. Two men restrain the male demoniac.…

Saint Hugh of Lincoln exorcises a male demoniac possessed by the Devil, created by Gherardo Sternina, (1404-1407). This fifteenth century image is held in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli. The male demoniac has been restrained by rope at the wrists and ankles…