Caption

The dying Tarcisius, Tharsicius, Tarsitius, Tarcisius and Tarkisius, according to legend a Roman boy who belonged to the then persecuted Christian community in Rome in the second half of the 3rd century and helped the priest in pastoral care. He is the patron saint of altar boys, Historical, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

Date

Aug 05, 2022

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK24I71_280

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

47,9Mb (4,2Mb) / 16,7in x 11,2in / 5000 x 3345 (300dpi)

Keywords

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