Word of the Week: Cephalophore
A saint depicted in art carrying his own head. Perhaps the most famous is St Denis, who appears among the statues on the front of Notre Dame, above, and who walked two miles and continued preaching a sermon after his head was chopped off. But there are many others, including St Valerie of Limoges, who gave her head to the bishop who converted her.
And St Alban, who seems to get to have his head and carry it:
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I think that's, like, some other saint's head (why they don't even look alike). Maybe they was playing pass the parcel...
Posted by: dave | May 25, 2009 2:41 PM