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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…

This image comes from Hilaire Kallendorf's Exorcism and Its Texts: Subjectivity in Early Modern Literature of England and Spain. This image was created by an anonymous artist from the Matches, in the fifteenth century. Kallendorf printed this image…

This image, from The Devil Within: Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West by Brian P. Levack, shows the exorcism of Madeleine Bavent in 1634. Madeleine Bavent was the first nun to be exorcised at Louviers, Bavent was subsequently accused of…

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…

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.…

This thirteenth-century manuscript illustration depicts a biblical possession of the demon as a man with wings who is addressing Christ. The image was intended to represent the exorcism at Capernaum, (similar to Gerard Hoets illustration) in which…

This illuminated manuscript from The Très Riches Heures illustrates a biblical possession for the third Sunday of Lent. This composition differs from other scenes in The Très Riches Heures because its colors are warmer and deeper, the background is a…