Figure 10: St Patrick piercing the foot of King Oengus of Cashel

Manuscripts

Dublin, Book of Armagh, TCD 52 (‘D’, 9th cent.)
Paris, BnF lat. 17626 (‘P’, 10th cent.)
London, BL Cotton Nero E.1 (‘C’, 10th/11th cent.)
Rouen, BM 1391 (‘R’, 11th cent.)
Salisbury, Cathedral Library 221 (‘G’, 11th/12th cent.)
Salisbury, Cathedral Library 223 (‘F’, 12th cent.)
Arras, BM 450 (‘V’, 12th cent.)
Oxford, Bodleian Rawlinson B 480 (‘O’, 17th cent.)

Figure 10: St Patrick piercing the foot of King Oengus of Cashel

13th centruy
St Patrick piercing the foot of King Oengus of Cashel while baptizing him. This is one of the earliest known illustrated representations of an episode from the Saint’s legendary life (Huntington Library HM 3027, folio 40v).

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Figure 10: St Patrick piercing the foot of King Oengus of Cashel