Virginia Theological Seminary

Life and Miracles of Saint Nicolas

Chapelle Saint-Nicolas, Priziac, Brittany, France

These extraordinary nine scenes are carved into the rood screen at Saint-Nicolas Chapel in Priziac. They were carved and polychromed in the 16th or 17th century. (Sources say 1580, but it seems to clearly say 1680.) Click for larger images. It is said to be the most beautiful rood screen in Brittany.

Three Saint Nicolas scenes
Left to right: St Nicolas is born; St Nicolas heals a blind man; St Nicolas attends the Council of Nicaea
Three Saint Nicolas scenes
Left to right: St Nicolas saves a ship; St Nicolas provides grain in famine; St Nicolas rescues children from tub
Three Saint Nicolas scenes
Left to right: St Nicolas dies; St Nicolas punishes a thief; St Nicolas saves a young man
Chapelle Saint-Nicolas, Priziac
Chapelle Saint-Nicolas, Priziac
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Chapelle Saint-Nicolas, Priziac
Rood screen with scenes of the life of St Nicolas
Chapelle Saint-Nicolas, Priziac
Photo: GO69 Wikimedia Commons
Used under Creative Commons Attribute Share-Alike License

Photos by GO69 Wikimedia Commons. Used under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike License.

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