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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…
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…
La Transfiguration
This image is a biblical possession similar to Raphael's composition. The top half of the painting portrays the story of the transfiguration and the bottom half shows the healing of a boy with a demon. Deep rich colors of red, blue, and yellow and…
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…
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…
Mark 1:23 Dutch Bible Illustration
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…
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…
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.…
Saint Catherine of Siena Exorcising a Possessed Woman
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…
Shrine of the Virgin Mary at Zell in Styria
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…