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redscharlach:

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St Hugh of Lincoln is often depicted with a swan, because he was friends with a swan. The swan would follow Hugh around, eat from his hand, and reputedly attacked people who threatened his saintly human BFF. For this reason, the best pictures of St Hugh are the ones where the swan looks like it\u2019s about to fuck you up. Like, massively.

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MESS WITH ST HUGH AND HIS SWAN WILL END YOU.

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\n\nVincenzo Carducci, Apparition of Musical Angels to St Hugh of Lincoln, 1632\n\nUnknown artist of the German school, Christ on the Cross with St Hugh, c.1600\n\nAltarpiece from the Carthusian monastery of Saint-Honor\u00e9, Thuison-les-Abbeville, c.1490-1500\n\nDetail of stained glass window, All Saints Church, Coleby, Lincolnshire\n\nDetail of an altar carving from the church of St Maria, Buxheim, Germany\n\nGiovanni della Robbia, tondo from the cloister of the Certosa del Galluzzo Monastery, Florence", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/tumblr_inline_oxvtenuaDh1qh97xu_540_f935a8edbed2.jpg", "thumbnail_width": 540, "thumbnail_height": 540}