Picture No | 10082551 |
Date | MEDIEVAL |
Description | SAINT WILGEFORTIS |
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SAINT WILGEFORTIS - legendary daughter of a king of Portugal who asked God to let her grow a beard to escape marriage, and who was consequently martyred, bearded but chaste.
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Source | Engraving by Pauquet after a sculpture owned by Nadar, in L'Illustration, 1866 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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