This gallery is a supplement to my article about these unusual saints. The saints depicted here are the following:

1. St. Catherine of Siena (1347 – 1380): The woman Christ married with his foreskin
2. St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – 1153): Breastfeed by the Virgin Mary
3. St. Christopher (? — c. 251): A giant Cynocephalus (i.e. dog-headed man)
4. St. Moses the Black (330–405): Former bandit leader and all-around badass
5. St. Stephen (? — 34): Switched at birth for a changeling by Satan
6. St. Margaret of Antioch (? — 304): Escaped the belly of a dragon
7. St. Joseph of Cupertino (1603 – 1663): The Flying Friar
8. Blessed Agostino Novello (1240 – 1309): Your friendly neighborhood monk
9. St. Roch (c. 1328 – c. 1376): Saved from the plague by Lassie
10. St. Gall (550 – 646): Acquired a pet bear
11. St. Veronica (1st century AD): Obtained Jesus’ face on a cloth (Veil of Veronica)

Bonus: Startling iconography of martyred saints (graphic)

1. St. Denis of Paris (3rd century AD — c. 250): Carried his own decapitated head
2. St. John the Apostle (c. 6 — c. 100): Boiled alive in a vat of oil
3. Saint Erasmus of Formia (3rd century AD — c. 303): Disemboweled
4. St. Hippolytus of Rome (170 — 235): Pulled apart by horses
5. St. Ignatius of Antioch (c. 35 — c. 107): Eaten by Lions
6. St. Lucy (c. 283 – c. 304): Had her eyes removed
7. St. Agatha (c. 231 — c. 251): Had her breasts removed
8. St. Apollonia (? — 249 AD): Had her teeth removed
9. St. Bartholomew the Apostle (1st century AD — 1st century AD): Skinned alive
10. St. Agnes of Rome (c. 291 — 304): Sent to a brothel then condemned to be burned

Click here to view the general art gallery on Christian martyrs.

St. Catherine of Siena (1347 – 1380): the woman Christ married with his foreskin

St. Bernard of Clairvaux (1090 – 1153): Breastfeed by the Virgin Mary

St. Christopher (? — c. 251): A giant Cynocephalus (dog-headed man)

St. Moses the Black (330–405): Former bandit leader and all-around badass

St. Stephen (? — 34): Switched at birth for a changeling by Satan

 St. Margaret of Antioch (? — 304): Escaped the belly of a dragon

St. Joseph of Cupertino (1603 – 1663): The Flying Friar

Blessed Agostino Novello (1240 – 1309): Your friendly neighborhood monk

St. Roch (c. 1328 – c. 1376): Saved from the plague by Lassie

St. Gall (550 – 646): Acquired a pet bear

St. Veronica (1st century AD): Obtained Jesus’ face on a cloth (Veil of Veronica)

St. Denis of Paris (3rd century AD — c. 250): Carried his own head

St. John the Apostle (c. 6 — c. 100): Boiled alive in a vat of oil

Saint Erasmus of Formia (3rd century AD — c. 303): Disemboweled

St. Hippolytus of Rome (170 — 235): Pulled apart by horses

St. Ignatius of Antioch (c. 35 — c. 107): Eaten by Lions

St. Lucy (c. 283 – c. 304): Had her eyes removed

St. Agatha (c. 231 — c. 251): Had her breasts removed

St. Apollonia (? — 249 AD): Had her teeth removed

St. Bartholomew the Apostle (1st century AD — 1st century AD): Skinned alive

St. Agnes of Rome (c. 291 — 304): Sent to a brothel then condemned to be burned