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Paintings featured in this video:
Saint Jerome by Guido Reni
Saint George and the Dragon by Paolo Uccello
Saint George and the Dragon by Jacopo Tintoretto
Saint George and the Dragon by Gustave Moreau
Saint Michael by Carlo Crivelli
Saint Michael Triumphs over The Devil by Bartolomé Bermejo
Saint Francis of Assissi with Angels by Sandro Botticelli
Saint Veronica with the Sudarium
Saint John the Evangelist by Hans Memling
Saints Genevieve and Apollonia by Lucas Cranach the Elder
Saint Peter Martyr and a Bishop Saint by Giovanni Martino Spanzotti
Adoring Saints (Right Main Tier Panel) by Lorenzo Monaco
Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Artemisia Gentileschi
Saint Catherine of Alexandria with a Donor by Pintoricchio
Saint Lucy by Carlo Crivelli
The Infant Saint John with the Lamb by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Saint John the Baptist by Carlo Crivelli
Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist by Caravaggio
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