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A 15th century CE fresco detail depicting Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 – c. 543 CE), an important figure in the spread of Christian Monasticism. (Museo di San Marco, Florence)

A photograph of a French Saint-Chamond tank passing through the village of Conde-sur-Aisne during the German Spring Offensive of 1918. This was the last major offensive action by the German Army of the First World War (1914-18). Imperial...

Saint Augustine Ordained a Bishop, detail from a Netherlandish triptych painted c. 1490. Cloisters Museum, New York.

This ivory pyxis (round box) shows the saint Menas with camels. His shrine near Alexandria in Egypt was a popular pilgrim site in the Byzantine Empire. Menas, an Egyptian soldier, was executed by Emperor Diocletian (reigned 284-305 CE) for...

The Triumvirate of the Terror: Louis Antoine Saint-Just (left), Maximilien Robespierre (center), Georges Couthon (right). Unknown author, 1794.

Maximilien Robespierre, Louis Antoine Saint-Just, Georges Couthon, and their allies take shelter at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris on the night of 9-10 Thermidor Year II (27-28 July 1794), where they plot an insurrection against the National...

The ceiling of Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. The cathedral was completed between 1506 and 1626 CE.

Sculpture of Charlemagne (Holy Roman Emperor r. 800-814 CE) in the Abbey of Saint John at Müstair, Switzerland. The Abbey, which began life as a monastery, is located in Switzerland's Graubünden Canton and was constructed in the late 8th...

Saint Augustine in His Cell by Sandro Botticelli, 1490-1494 CE. Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

A c. 1605 painting of Saint Margaret of Scotland (c. 1046-1093 CE) by Juan de Roelas. Margaret was the queen of Scotland and wife of Malcolm III of Scotland (r. 1058-1093 CE) from 1070 to 1093 CE. (Church of San Miguel and San Julián, Valladolid...