ICON ‘SAINT JOHN CASSIAN THE ROMAN’ Central Russia, late 19th century

Lotto 191

8001 000

wood, levkas, gilding, mixed media 31 x 26.8 cm Condition: without restoration, loss of gilding on the background in the center and in the margins Saint John Cassian the Roman, born around 360 in Scythia Minor and died in Marseille in 435, was a Mediterranean Christian monk who had a profound influence on the beginnings of the Church in Provence in the 5th century. He was the founder of the Abbey of Saint-Victor in Marseille. He left an important doctrinal work that established a bridge between Eastern and Western monasticism.

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