GRAMATICA, Antiveduto
(b. ca. 1571, Roma, d. 1626, Roma)

Saints Praxedes and Pudentiana

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Oil on canvas
Galleria Sabauda, Turin

Praxedes was a Roman maiden, the sister of Pudentiana. When the Emperor Marcus Antoninus was hunting down Christians, they sought them out to relieve them with money, care, comfort and every charitable aid. The sisters were buried in the Catacomb of Priscilla.