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Jul 2024
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It is indeed surprising to see Mithras represented in the Middle Ages, as we tend to assume that paganism was forgotten at an early date. Well, some representations of Mithras killing the bull in key locations in Europe prove the opposite. To what extent did medieval masons know about the cult of Mithras? Here are the best known examples: * https://www.mithraeum.eu/monument/764 * https://www.mithraeum.eu/monument/763 * https://www.mithraeum.eu/monument/762
It is indeed surprising to see Mithras represented in the Middle Ages, as we tend to assume that paganism was forgotten at an early date. Well, some representations of Mithras killing the bull in key locations in Europe prove the opposite. To what extent did medieval masons know about the cult of Mithras?

Here are the best known examples:

mithraeum.euTauroctony from MonrealeOn one of the capitals of the cathedral of Santa Maria Nuova in Monreale, Sicily, an unusual turbaned bull-slaying Mithras has been recorded.
The New Mithraeum
Update! Found a new post-classical monument, this one from the French Renaissance: Saul depicted as Mithras Tauroctonos.

And from now on, all post-classical monuments will be available here: https://www.mithraeum.eu/quaere.php?tag=postclassical
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