4 May – Saint Helenus

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Commanding Crocodile in Morgan Library Vitae Patrum
Saint Hélein et l’onagre & Saint Hélein et le crocodile (France, Paris. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 51 f.158)
Annus Dierum Sanctorum
Non potestis mensae Domini participes esse, et mensae daemoniorum.
You cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord, and of the table of devils.
1 Corinthians 10.21

Modern Hagiography

Bibliotheca Sanctorum

Medieval Hagiography

BHL, Supplement

Art & Architecture

Index of Medieval Art

Portail Biblissima

Warburg Institute Iconographic Database

Morgan Library Vitae Patrum, Folio 47r & 47v (see above)

Caractéristiques des saints dans l’art populaire by Charles Cahier – ane (onagre), crocodile, ermitage.