In progress
6 January – The Epiphany
The Shrine of the Three Kings in Cologne Cathedral (info and photographs and more photographs, go to the Image Database and search “dreikönigenschrein” in Freitext. There are many pages of images, but they are worth the effort).
Adoration of the Magi by Gentile da Fabriano.
Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi.
Adoration of the Magi by Sandro Botticelli.
Sermons for Children’s Masses, According to the Sundays and Principal Festivals of the Year by Raphael Frassinetti.
15 January – Saint Paul the First Hermit
The inner panel on the left wing of the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grunewald depicts the meeting of Saint Paul and Saint Anthony.
A painting of Saint Paul and Saint Anthony by Diego Velazquez.
Book of Saints and Heroes by Mrs. Lang.
17 January – Saint Anthony Abbot
The inner panel on the right wing of the Isenheim Altarpiece by Matthias Grunewald shows The Temptation of Saint Anthony. It was the pair to the panel showing The Meeting of Saint Paul and Saint Anthony (see 15 January – Saint Paul the First Hermit).
Our Birthday Bouquet Culled from the Shrines of the Saints and the Gardens of the Poets by Eleanor C. Donnelly.
20 January – Saint Sebastian
Three paintings by Andrea Mantegna, from over the course of his career from 1456 to 1490
A painting by Benozzo Gozzoli in the Collegiata in San Gimignano (1465)
A painting by Sandro Botticelli (1474)
A painting by Antonello da Messina (1476-1477)
A painting by Pietro Perugino (1490-1500)
The Averoldi Altarpiece by Titian in Santi Nazaro e Celsi in Brescia (1520-1522) (more here).
A painting by Paolo Veronese in the church of Saint Sebastian in Venice (1555-1570) (more here).
A painting by El Greco in Palencia Cathedral (1576-1579)
A painting by Tintoretto in the chapter room of the Scuola grande di San Rocco (1579-1581)
Exhibition: “Ravaged Body – Saint Sebastian”
Exhibition: “Patron Saint of Plague”
Victories of the Martyrs by Saint Alphonsus Liguori.
23 January – Saint Ildefonsus
Ildefonso Altarpiece by Rubens (Wikipedia Entry)
The Fairest Flower of Paradise: Considerations on the Litany of the Blessed Virgin, Enriched with Examples Drawn from the Lives of the Saints by Alexis Lepicier.
25 January – The Conversion of Saint Paul
The most well-known depiction of the story, a painting by Caravaggio (a lesser known version also by Caravaggio).
Goffine’s Devout Instructions on the Epistles and Gospels for the Sundays and Holydays
30 January – Saint Bathilda
The Bathild Seal Matrix – photo, photo, BBC History of the World in 100 Objects, news article.
The Chemise of Sainte Bathilde
Stories of the Saints Fourth Series Saints of the Early Church by Mary Seymour.
31 January – Saint Peter Nolasco
Vision of Saint Peter to Saint Peter Nolasco by Zurbaran
The Vision of Saint Peter Nolasco by Zurbaran
The Liturgical Year by Dom Guéranger.