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Pope Damasus I (St Damasus)

Also known as: Pope Damasus I (St Damasus); primary name: Damasus; other name: St Damasus
Details: individual; saint/martyr; cleric/religious official; Roman; Spanish; Male
Life dates: c.304-384
Biography: Christian saint and pope, succeeded Liberius (q.v.); born Rome. Commissioned St Jerome (q.v.) to revise the Biblical text.

6 related objects

medal

Museum number: M.1055 |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medal

Museum number: G3,PMAM.39 |
Production date: 17thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

medallion; forgery

Museum number: OA.1438 |
Production date: 17thC-19thC |
Production place: Made in:Italy

print

Museum number: O,3.90 |
Producer name: BIOG64572 Print made by:Anonymous |
Production date: 1725

print

Title: S. Damasus I. Chronologia Summorum Romanorum Pontificum |
Museum number: 1870,0514.81.A |
Producer name: BIOG44264 Published by:Giovanni Giacomo de' Rossi |
Production date: 1675 |
Production place: Published in:Rome (city)

print

Title: Les images de tous les saincts et saintes de l'ann Les images de tous les saints et saintes de l'anné |
Museum number: 1861,0713.627 |
Producer name: Print made by:Jacques CallotPublished by:Israël Henriet |
Production date: 1632-1635