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29cm
actual image size: 21cm x 32cm
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The Catholic Church dominated medieval Europe, and Christian teaching often implied that illnes was the result of sin. Prayer therefore became an important part of healing. Benignus may have been a misionary priest from Lyons who was martyred at Epagny, France in the late second century under the Roman Emperor Aurelian.
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10284971
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