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This sixteenth-century panel painting shows the exorcism of a young German female demoniac in 1370 at the shrine of the Virgin Mary at Zell in Styria. A priest or monk is shown as the exorcist. He has wrapped his stole around the womanÍs neck. The…

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…

The eighteenth-century Dutch artist Gerard Hoet illustrates a biblical possession of Mark 1:23 in which Christ expels an unclean spirit. The male demoniac is seen on one knee in the foreground of the illustration. He is being restrained by two male…

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…

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 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…