St. Paul

6th century
Mosaic
Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

St. Paul is pictured as usual with a pointy beard and receding hairline. Apparently the artist put in the last three letters of the name PAULUS but found he had no room for the first three!

This is one of the portraits in the church's triumphal arch. View the entire arch.
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Photographed at the site by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.