St. Matthias

Church of St. Rupert, Weißpriach, Austria

The saint's attribute is an axe, the implement by which the Golden Legend says he was put to death by the Romans. The scroll is a secondary attribute, seen in many of his portraits.

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Photographed at the church by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.