Sicilian Collection (#4)

Garibaldi Garden, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, early 20th century(?)

Catacombs of the Capuchins, Palermo, Italy, c1920s-c1930s(?). The Capuchins are an order of friars in the Catholic Church, among the chief off-shoots of the Franciscans

Date palms, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, c1920s-c1930s(?)

St Vitus, 1365-1367 (1955). Artist: Master Theodoric
St Vitus, 1365-1367 (1955). Born in Sicily, St Vitus was martyred in 303 during the persecution of Christians by the co-Emperors Diocletian and Maximian. Pragues cathedral is named for him

Marie-Amelie de Bourbon, Queen of France, c1845-1866. Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies (1782-1866) married Louis Philippe, Duke of Orleans, the future King Louis Philippe I of the French, in 1809

Maria Antonietta, Princess of Sicily

Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies, 19th century. Artist: Thomson
Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies, 19th century. Portrait of Marie-Amelie de Bourbon, Queen of France (1782-1866) who was the wife of Louis Philippe, King of France

Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies, 19th century. Artist: Dean
Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies, 19th century. Portrait of Marie-Amelie de Bourbon, Queen of France (1782-1866) who was the wife of Louis Philippe, King of France

Pope Leo II. Leo (died 683), a Sicilian by birth, was pope from August 682 to 28 June 683

Maria Amalia Teresa of the Two Sicilies, 19th century. Portrait of Marie-Amelie de Bourbon, Queen of France (1782-1866) who was the wife of Louis Philippe, King of France

Silver tetradrachma from Syracuse (obverse: a goddess with dolphins), 5th-4th century BC. Syracuse, on the island of Sicily

Riots in Sicily, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Riots in Sicily, 1894. Troops firing on an angry mob. Labour unrest boke out in Sicily in 1894 leading to the imposition of martial law. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 22nd January 1894

The Martyrdom of St Agatha, c1756. Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Martyrdom of St Agatha, c1756. From the Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany

Depiction of the Sicilian Vespers, 13th century
Depiction of the Sicilian Vespers: Sicilians rise against their French masters on Easter Monday 1282 in Palermo, on a traditional Sicilian painted cart in Palermo museum, 13th century

Depiction of the battle of Capua in 1501 on a painted cart, 16th century
Depiction of the battle of Capua in 1501, showing it being stormed by Cesare Borgia, on a traditional Sicilian painted cart in Palermo, 16th century

Sicilian marionette theatre from Palermo

Catacomb of the Capuchin (Franciscan) convent, Palermo, Sicily, 1833
Catacomb of the Capuchin (Franciscan) convent, Palermo, Sicily, with remains of departed Friars, 1833

St Elizabeth of Hungary and St Lucy, 1878. Elizabeth (1207-1231) was the daughter of Andras II of Hungary. After the death in 1227 of her husband Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia

St Etienne, c1589-1632. Artist: Carlo Bononi
St Etienne, c1589-1632. St Stephen I, Pope from 254-257 and St Agatha, Sicilian saint (c250), holding a silver cup containing her severed breasts. Above them an Angel brings martyrs palm leaves

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