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Saint Hugh of Lincoln Exorcises a Man Possessed by the Devil
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…
Storie della vita di S. Bartolomeo
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…
The Exorcism of Madeleine Bavent in 1643
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…
Execution of Urbain Grandier at Loudun in 1634
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…
Saint Eligius releases a demon from the possessed
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.…
Healing of the 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…
San Ignacio Exorcizando a un Poseso
In this image of demonic possession St. Ignatius is seen in the center of the image, looking towards heaven and appears as if in a divine trance, he holds one hand out over the demoniac and the other is open and offered to God. The male demoniac is…
Miracles of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
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…
Transfiguration of Christ
This image illustrates both biblical stories of, "The Transfiguration of Christ" and "The Healing of a Boy with a Demon," the two stories occur in the Bible in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, only versus away from each other. In this biblical…
The Healing of a Possessed
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…