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)...
- Petronilla Afra George Januarius Philomena Vincent of Saragossa Behnam Lucy Wilgefortis Lawrence of Rome Cecilia Catherine of Alexandria Vitus the Martyr Pelagia...
- Decapitation of Wilgefortis and Wilgefortis enthroned, the latter in the central street of the lower body. The image of Wilgefortis enthroned is inspired...
- The Crucifixion of St Wilgefortis is attributed to Bosch's middle period, c. 1497....
- 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...
- stripped naked, tortured, and ultimately crucified on an X-shaped cross. Wilgefortis was venerated as a saint and represented as a crucified woman, however...
- (1st and 2nd centuries) Theotonius (1088–1166) Verissimus (3rd century) Wilgefortis (folk saint) Alexandrina of Balasar (1904–1955) Amadeus of Portugal (1420–1482)...