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Icons of
St. Oswald of Northumbria, King & Martyr
Feast: Aug.
5
Holy Father
Oswald, pray to God for us!
Top Icon:
wall painting at Durham cathedral, 12th c.
Next Icon:
of unknown provenance.
Beneath:
12th c. reliquary made to house the head of St. Oswald, which rests at
Hildesheim in Germany, and then a schematic drawing of the reliquary
showing detail which is not visible in the actual picture.
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