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| | Chasse of Champagnat [French] (17.190.685) | Object Page | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Saint Martial, first bishop of Limoges, prominently appears to the right of Christ on this gilded enamel reliquary once owned by the Church of Saint-Martial in Champagnat, a town 100 kilometers northeast of Limoges. |
 | | Martial was particularly venerated in the area around Limoges, and where he was deemed to be of equal rank with the apostles. |
 | | Relics and Reliquaries, Metalwork, Silver, Enamel, Religious Art, Christianity, Figure, Saint, person, Other, Religious Art, Christianity, Reliquary |
| www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/relc/hod_17.190.685.htm (123 words) |
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