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being, of course, the patron saint of Venice. He is martyr as well as warrior, having fired the temple of Cybele, and perished in the flames, A.D. 300.

The four saints upon this arch thus represent two forms of Christian service; St. Anthony and the Doge being chosen as types of asceticism, and the other two as examples of actual martyrdom.

149. (VI.) THE FOUR GREEK FATHERS-St. John Chrysostom, St. Gregory Nazianzenus, St. Basil the Great, and St. Athanasius (on the spandrils of the central dome).

a. S. IOHES CRISOSTOMOS PATKA (patriarch), on the right of the door leading into the church.

He has no mitre, being one of the Greek Fathers, who are thus distinguished from the Latin Fathers, all of whom, except St. Jerome (the cardinal), wear mitres.

He bears a scroll-

XREG

NVM.I

NTRA

BIT.Q“Regnum intrabit, quem fons purus ante lavabit.”

VE.FON“He, whom a pure fount shall first wash, shall

S.PVRenter the kingdom.”

VSANT

E.LAV

ABIT

b. S. GREGORIVS NAZIANZENUS (to the right of St. John Chrysostom). He is represented, as he usually is, as old and worn with fasting. On his scroll is written-

XQVO

DNA

TURA

TULI“Quod natura tulit Christus baptismate curat.”

T XPS“What nature has brought, Christ by baptism

BAPTIcures.”

SMAT

ECV

RAT

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