Dedications to Saints in Medieval Scotland

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ST/JD/145

Holy Innocents

Gender
Male
Floruit (period)
Biblical
Floruit date range
? - ?
Description
All the male children killed at Herod's command in Bethlehem and the the region who were two years old or under, after he has heard of the birth of the Messiah from the wise men (Mt 2.16-18)
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
Other N.T. Saints Biblical 100 None
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
no ethnicity available
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
12 28 yes Holy Innocents None
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
no attributes given
specialist associations
association notes
no specialist associations