Saint Nicholas and stories from His life (1200/1300) by Apulian painterPinacoteca Metropolitana "Corrado Giaquinto"
Like a storytelling...
Around Saint Nicholas you can find the pictures with episodes of his life
Childhood
Nativity of Nicholas (above in the left) and the young Nicholas in front of Bishop of Myra (above in the middle)
Election as bishop
Nicholas, still a layman, was chosen from among the priests of the Cathedral as bishop
Consacration
Nicholas is Bishop of Myra
Nicholas rescues the sailors
He suddenly appears and chases away the devils
Thanksgiving
the sailors recognize the miracle and prostrate themselves in front of the saint
Against the devils...
A diabolical spirit, in the guise of a pilgrim, gives the sailors of a ship leaving for Mira a vial full of oil with which to anoint the walls of the city's Cathedral
Another apparition to the sailors
The Saint appears to the sailors, ordering them to throw the oil into the sea which, in contact with the water, catches fire, revealing the diabolical machination
Protector of marriageable girls
The young Nicola secretly leaves three bags of gold coins as a dowry to the father of three poor girls (above, in the middle); then, their father prostrates himself to the saint to thank him
Protector of prisoners...
In a prison, three soldiers sentenced to death invoke St. Nicholas
Against death sentences
Saint Nicholas stops the hand of the officer who is about to behead the three prisoners, saving them from death
Saint Nicholas
in the works of the Pinacoteca
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