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ID: 901001910
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001910
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Saint John the Evangelist Causes a Pagan Temple to Collapse (Christian iconography)

Note: Narrative in which Saint John prays for the destruction of the Temple of Diana, which indeeds collapses.

Names:
Saint John the Evangelist Causes a Pagan Temple to Collapse (Christian iconography) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Christian iconography> (P)
........<Other Christian narratives> (P)
............Life of Saint John the Evangelist (Christian iconography) (I)
................Saint John the Evangelist Causes a Pagan Temple to Collapse (Christian iconography) (P)
Related Iconography:
actor is .... John, the Apostle, Saint
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, Christian characters, John, the Apostle, Saint (Christian character)) [901001232]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Christianity
.....(Abrahamic religions, religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
topic is .... paganism
.....(religious ideologies, religious concepts, religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
topic is .... destruction (process)
.....(processes and techniques by specific type, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Saint John the Evangelist Causes a Pagan Temple to Collapse (Christian iconography)
................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436497
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436497

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