Icon of St Panteleimon Russia painted 19th century 20x15cm
Painted icon of Saint Panteleimon Russia from the 19th century 20x15cm.This orthodox icon dates back to the 19th century and is made with egg tempera on wood. It depicts St Panteleimon, born in the 2nd century AD. in Nicomedia.Panteleimon, after becoming a doctor, attracted the attention of the priest Ermelao, who taught him that it was positive to cure bodies, but to cure souls and save them was also possible.San Panteleimon is the patron saint of doctors, together with Cosma and Damiano, and o...
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Painted icon of Saint Panteleimon Russia from the 19th century 20x15cm.This orthodox icon dates back to the 19th century and is made with egg tempera on wood. It depicts St Panteleimon, born in the 2nd century AD. in Nicomedia.Panteleimon, after becoming a doctor, attracted the attention of the priest Ermelao, who taught him that it was positive to cure bodies, but to cure souls and save them was also possible.San Panteleimon is the patron saint of doctors, together with Cosma and Damiano, and of midwives, he is revered as a saint by numerous Christian churches and is considered one of the fourteen auxiliary saints. A series of miracles are attributed to him, such as the healing of a blind senator with a prayer and a sign of the cross and that of a series of sick people, to whom he asked as compensation to believe in Christ.The other doctors, envious of San Panteleimon denounced him to the emperor Maximilian who arrested him and, after another miraculous recovery, sentenced him to death. He was first tortured without results because Christ appeared to the martyr and healed him and finally he was beheaded in perfect harmony with God.The actual measurements are 17.5x14.5cm.This Saint Panteleimon icon is delivered in an elegant blue velvet box, accompanied by a certificate drawn up by an expert registered in a organized list of experts.
