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St Erasmus, Bishop of Antiochia (d. 303) was arrested and martyred on numerous occasions during the Diocletianic Persecution of the Christians. One of the torturous acts inflicted upon him consisted of winding his intestines around a winch. This martyrdom is seldom depicted more frequently the intestines wound on a winch are shown beside the bishop as an attribute.  In the sky Christ appears as the Man of Sorrows.</div>
<bdi>Workshop of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Lucas_Cranach_the_Elder" class="extiw" title="w:en:Lucas Cranach the Elder"><span title="German painter and printmaker (1472–1553)">Lucas Cranach the Elder</span></a>
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<p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/wm_archiv/6091303636/">2011-03-26 Aschaffenburg 029 Schloss Johannisburg, Staatsgalerie, Anonymer Meister aus der Schule Lucas Cranach d.Ä. - Das Martyrium des Hl. Erasmus.jpg</a>  <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/people/28577026@N02">Allie_Caulfield</a> from Germany Taken on 26 March 2011
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