06 works, Today, September 11th, is Felix and Regula's day, their story illustrated #253

Unknown artist

Holy Trinity and saints Felix and Regula

Fresco

 41.1 x 27.6 cm | 16.2 x 10.9 inches

Fraumunster church in Zurich, Switzerland

Felix and Regula are Coptic Orthodox and Roman Catholic saints , together with their servant Exuperantius, are the patron saints of Zürich. Felix and Regula were members of the Theban legion under Saint Maurice, stationed in Agaunum in the Valais. 

El Greco

Theban legion

The Martyrdom of St. Maurice, between circa 1580 and circa 1582

Oil on canvas

Height: 445 cm (14.5 ft); Width: 294 cm (115.7 in)

El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541 – 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco; Spanish for "The Greek", was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. The nickname "El Greco" refers both to his Greek origin and Spanish citizenship. The artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters.

 

El Greco was born in Crete, which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, and the center of Post-Byzantine art. He trained and became a master within that tradition before traveling at age 26 to Venice, as other Greek artists had done. In 1570 he moved to Rome, where he opened a workshop and executed a series of works. During his stay in Italy, El Greco enriched his style with elements of Mannerism and of the Venetian Renaissance. In 1577, he moved to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked until his death. In Toledo, El Greco received several major commissions and produced his best-known paintings.

 

El Greco's dramatic and expressionistic style was met with puzzlement by his contemporaries but found appreciation in the 20th century. El Greco is regarded as a precursor of both Expressionism and Cubism, while his personality and works were a source of inspiration for poets and writers. El Greco has been characterized by modern scholars as an artist so individual that he belongs to no conventional school. He is best known for tortuously elongated figures and often fantastic or phantasmagorical pigmentation, marrying Byzantine traditions with those of Western painting. More on El Greco

When the legion was to be executed in 286, they fled, reaching Zürich via Glarus before they were caught, tried and executed.

Hans Leu the Elder

Martyrdom of the Zurich city saints Felix and Regula and their servant

Detail; Shrine of Felix and Regula in the Grossmünster, Zurich

Hans Leu the Elder was a Swiss painter, native to Zürich.

The Episcopal collection of the St. Gallen Abbey includes the main altar of the church of the Rüti Abbey, probably a late work by Hans Leu der Ältere. During the Reformation in Zürich the altar came to the monastery Wurmsbach where it remained until 1798. More on Hans Leu the Elder

Master of the Martyrs of the Apostles

 Wheel martyrdom of St. Felix, St. Regula and St. Exuperantius, c. 1485-1495

Wood/tempera

 720x505 cm

Christian Museum - Esztergom - Hungary

I have no further information on the artist, at this time

Felix and Regula were siblings, and members of the Theban legion under Saint Maurice, stationed in Agaunum in the Valais. When the legion was to be executed in 286, they fled, reaching Zürich via Glarus before they were caught, tried and executed. 

Unknown artist

Saints Felix, Regula & Exuperantius, c. 1400

Fresco

House to the Königsstuhl at the Stüssihofstatt, Zurich

After decapitation, they miraculously stood to their feet, picked up their own heads, walked forty paces uphill, and prayed before lying down in death. They were buried on the spot where they lay down, on the hilltop which would become the site of the Grossmünster.

The story was revealed in a dream to a monk called Florentius. It largely contributed to the massive conversion of the inhabitants of these regions to Christianity and had such an impact on Zurich that these three saints still appear on the seal of Zurich today. More on Saints Felix, Regula & Exuperantius

Unknown artist

Felix and Regula and their servant Exuperantius

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