Definition of Wilgefortis. Meaning of Wilgefortis. Synonyms of Wilgefortis

- female usually with a crown, Wilgefortis is always depicted with a beard and generally crownless. In France Wilgefortis is known as Débarras ("riddance")...
- The Crucifixion of Saint Wilgefortis is a c. 1497 triptych by the Early Netherlandish painter Hieronymus Bosch. The subject of the painting has been uncertain...
- but escape condemnation. The legend also became part of the cult of Wilgefortis, the alter ego of the Holy Face. Images showing the legend normally feature...
- of the bearded Mary Topographia Hibernica written by Gerald of Wales Wilgefortis Helena Antonia Brígida del Río, "the bearded woman of Peñaranda" (1590)...
- of the martyr: Wilgefortis and her sisters in front of Catelio; Wilgefortis and her sisters deliberate about their fate; Wilgefortis comforts one of...
- The Crucifixion of St Wilgefortis is attributed to Bosch's middle period, c. 1497....
- Monacilioni Petronilla Afra George Januarius Valentine Philomena Behnam Wilgefortis Cecilia Catherine of Alexandria Vitus the Martyr Pelagia of Tarsus Sophia...
- stripped naked, tortured, and ultimately crucified on an X-shaped cross. Wilgefortis was venerated as a saint and represented as a crucified woman, however...
- Strobl's legend appears to be based on the po****r medieval cult of Saint Wilgefortis. A princess named Solicitous was very devoted to her religion and vowed...
- Antioch (c. 119) Balbina of Rome (c. 130) Quiteria of Aquitaine (died 135) Wilgefortis of Lusitany (died 139) Marina of Aguas Santas (died 139) Cecilia of Rome...