Bidspirit auction | ANTIQUE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX SAINT PANTALEON

ANTIQUE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX SAINT PANTALEON ICON - An antique Russian Orthodox hand painted icon of Saint Pantaleon; shown here with a lancet in his right hand and a box in the left hand. Materials: tempera on wooden panel. Saint Pantaleon, counted in the West among the late-medieval Fourteen Holy Helpers and in the East as one of the Holy Unmercenary Healers, was a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Diocletianic Persecution of 305 AD. Byzantine Art Wall Hanging. Religious Gift. Dimensions: 6 3/4” x 5 1/2” in. All measurements are approximate.