Image Attributions

Attributions for images used on the site, by page

Unless otherwise stated, assume every image was cropped and resized. Use here, and mention of the various licenses, should not be taken as an indication that these good people approve of my use of their images. Although of course I hope they don’t (or wouldn’t) disapprove. Please also know that according to American copyright law (as interpreted, it must be admitted, by Wikimedia), faithful reproductions of two-dimensional works of public domain art are part of the public domain. This notice hereby satisfies the requirement for all public domain art referenced on this page to which it applies.

• • • Acknowledgments—Scrabble tray with letters spelling “THANK YOU” is by Nick Youngston via Alpha Stock Images. It is licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 3.0.
    • Glossary—Page from dictionary from Pixabay.
    • References—Old books on a shelf from Pxfuel. Licensed under Creative Commons Zero – CC0.
    • Watch This Space—Typewriter keyboard is by flickr user Marcin Wichary. It is licensed under Creative Commons license CC-BY-2.0.
    • January 01—Basil the Great, paint and stain on glass, by anonymous (ca. 1515). From the Metropolitan Museum of Art via Wikimedia.
    • January 01—Madonna and Child, stained glass window at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Ballymote, County Sligo, Ireland. Photo by Andreas F. Bochert. Licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 4.0.
    • January 02—Seraphim of Sarov, tapestry by Andrew Madekin via Wikimedia. Licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 4.0.
    • January 02—Gaspar del Bufalo, from the Misioneros de la Preciosa Sangre via Wikimedia. Licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 4.0. (This is the largest clear picture of St. Gaspar I could find.)
    • January 03—Genevieve of Paris, statue from the Church of Saint-Martin (doesn’t say where). Photo by Pierre Poschadel, via Wikimedia. Licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 4.0.
    • January 03—Holy Name of Jesus, photo by Larrabla of The Worship of the Holy Name of Jesus by Gaulli, 1679, via Wikimedia. It is licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 3.0.
    • January 04—Seventy Apostles, icon. Photograph by Ikonopisatelj via Wikimedia. Public domain.
    • January 04—Elizabeth Ann Seton, icon from the Church of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (Hiawatha, Iowa). Photo by Nheyob, via Wikimedia. Licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 4.0.
    • January 05—Amma Syncletica of Alexandria, card from the Rijksmuseum, via Picryl. Public domain.
    • January 05—Twelfth Night Feast, painting by Gabriel Metsu, ca. 1654. From the Alte Pinekothek Museum, Munich. Public domain.
    • January 05—John Neumann, mosaic from the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul, Philadelphia. Photo by flickr user Jim the Photographer. Licensed under Creative Commons license CC-BY-2.0.
    • January 06—The Baptism of Christ, icon in St. Paul’s Church (not clear where); photo by flickr user Ted. Licensed under Creative Commons license CC-BY-2.0.
    • January 06—The Epiphany, painting by Giotto di Bondone, ca. 1325. Public domain.
    • January 07—John the Baptist. Icon. From Pixabay.
    • January 07—Raymond of Peñafort, painting by Dolabella, 1627, via Wikimedia. Public Domain.
    • January 07—Lucian of Antioch, icon, 985, via Wikimedia. Public Domain.
    • January 08—Julian and Basilissa, woodcut, Ribadineira, 1649, via Wikimedia. Public Domain.
    • January 08—Severinus of Noricum, engraving, Albrecht Dürer, 1515, via Wikimedia. Public Domain.
    • January 09—Philip, Metropolitan of Moscow, medium unknown, artist unknown, ca. 1824, via Wikimedia. Public Domain.
    • January 09—Ceiling of Canterbury Cathedral, photograph by Mattana, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 3.0.
    • January 10—Gregory of Nyssa, icon; photo by flickr user Ted. Licensed under Creative Commons license CC-BY-2.0.
    • January 10—Peter Urseolo, no details, via Pinterest. Public Domain.
    • January 11—Theodosius the Great, engraving or lithograph by Cornelius Hazart, 1667, via Wikimedia, public domain.
    • January 11—Theodosius the Cenobiarch, mosaic in Nea Moni, 11th century. Photographer unknown, via Wikimedia, public domain.
    • January 12—Sava, Archbishop of Serbia, icon by Uroš Predić, 1921. Photo by Михаило Грбић, via Wikimedia. Public domain in the United States due to date being before 1924.
    • January 12—Marguerite Bourgeoys, painting, artist unknown, second half of 19th century. Photographer unknown, via Wikimedia. Public Domain.
    • January 13—Ordination of Hilary of Poitiers, from a book of saints, 14th century, via Wikimedia. Public domain.
    • January 14—Nina of Georgia, icon, St. Paul the Apostle Orthodox Church, Dayton, Ohio. Photo by flickr user Ted. Licensed under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 2.0.
    • January 14—Felix of Nola, manuscript illumination, 14th century, via Wikimedia. Public Domain.
    • January 15—Paul of Thebes, icon, provenance and date unknown, via Wikimedia. Public Domain.
    • January 15—Macarius the Great, icon, Russia, before 19th century, via Wikimedia. Public Domain.
    • January 16—Chains of St. Peter, photograph by David Castor, via Wikimedia. Public Domain as per Creative Commons Universal Public Domain Dedication CCC-10.
    • January 16—Honoratus of Arles, icon, provenance and date unknown, via Wikimedia. Licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 3.0.
    • January 17—The Torment of St. Anthony (the Great), painting by Michelangelo, ca. 1488, via Wikimedia. Public Domain.
    • January 17—São Gonçalo de Amarante, painting by António André, ca. 1620; Museum of Aveiro, Portugal, via Wikimedia. Public Domain.
    • January 18—Athanasius the Great, fresco at the Panagia Episkopi Church, Santorini, Greece, 12th century, via Wikimedia. Public domain.
    • January 18—Margaret of Hungary, stained glass window, Basilica di San Domenico, Siena, Italy, date unknown. Photo by Wikimedia user José Luiz. Licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 4.0.
    • January 19—Mark of Ephesus, fresco, end of 19th century, via Wikimedia. Public domain.
    • January 19—Wulfstan of Worcester, painted glass, Holy Trinity, Long Itchington, UK. Photo by flickr user Amanda Slater. Licensed under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 2.0.
    • January 20—Euthymius the Great, manuscript illumination, Walters Art Museum Ms. W.521, fol. 158v, 11th century. Via the museum’s flickr page. Public Domain.
    • January 20—Pope Fabian and Sebastian, prayer book illumination by Master of the Dresden Prayer Book, Willem Vrelant, follower (illuminator). Book of Hours, Bruges, ca. 1490. Via Wikimedia user Polylerus. Public domain.
    • January 21—Maximus the Confessor, icon, iconographer and date unknown, via Wikimedia. Public domain.
    • January 21—Epiphanius of Pavia, tympanum high-relief (with Christ and St. Godehard) from St. Godehard Basilica, Hildesheim. Via Wikimedia user Rabanus Flavus. Licensed under Creative Commons License CC SA 1.0.
    • January 22—Martyrdom of St Timothy, manuscript illumination from the Walters Museum, 11th century, via Wikimedia, Public Domain.
    • January 22—William Joseph Chaminade, painting, date and artist unknown, via Wikimedia. Public domain.
    • January 23—Gennadius of Kostroma, icon, 18th century. Via Wikimedia. Public domain.
    • January 23—Support to Impoverished Merchant, polyptych depicting John the Almsgiver, tempera and gold pain on spruce wood, circa 1504. From National Museum, Krakow via Wikimedia. Public domain.
    • January 24—Xenia of Petersburg, icon, date and iconographer unknown, photo by flickr user Ruslan. Licensed under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 2.0.
    • January 24—Francis de Sales, painting by Giovanni Battista Lucini, 1665. Via Wikimedia. Public Domain.
    • January 25—Gregory Nazianzen, sculpture by Jana Krzystofa Doebel, 1693. Part of the pulpit in the basilica of Dobre Miasto, Królewcu (Königsberg, Kaliningrad), Russia. Licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 4.0.
    • January 25—St. Dwynwen’s Church, Llanddwyn (ruins). Photo by Noel Morgan, via Wikimedia. Released by the artist to the Public Domain.
    • January 26—Xenophon of Constantinople and his family, icon, 985. From the Vatican Library via Wikimedia. Public domain.
    • January 26—Paula of Rome, engraving, date unknown. Via Picryl; public domain.
    • January 27—Translation of the Relics of John Chrysostom, icon, 10th century. Via Wikimedia, Public domain.
    • January 27—Angèle Mérici, painting, 17th century. Via Wikimedia. Public domain.
    • January 28—Ephraim the Syrian, icon, 21st century. Via Wikimedia. Licensed under Creative Commons License CC SA 1.0.
    • January 28—Thomas Aquinas, painting, Carlo Crivelli, 1476. Via Wikimedia, Public Domain.
    • January 29—Ignatius of Antioch, drawing from the Little Pictorial Lives of the Saints, artist unknown, 1894. Via Wikimedia, Public domain.
    • January 29—Walla Kirk Churchyard, photograph by Anne Burgess, 2009, via Wikimedia. Licensed under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 2.0.
    • January 30—Martyrdom of Saint Hippolytus, manuscript illumination by Richard de Montbaston and collaborators, 14th century. Via Wikimedia. Public domain.
    • January 30—Mutien-Marie Wiaux, painting, artist and date unknown. Via Wikimedia, according to whom, “This file is in the public domain because the devotional picture is circulating for years in the general public, with no copyright mention.”
    • January 31—Cyrus and John, icon in outline style, date and author unknown, via Wikimedia, public domain.
    • January 31—John Bosco, photo of statue at St. John Bosco Parish Church, Taipei, Taiwan. By photographer Bernard Gagnon, 2011, via Wikimedia. It is licensed under several Creative Commons licenses, including CC BY-SA 3.0.
    • February 1—Brigid, painting by Patrick Joseph Tuohy, before 1930. Via Wikimedia, public domain.
    • February 2—Presentation of Jesus in the Temple by Francesco Vittore Carpaccio, 1510. Via Wikimedia, public domain.
    • February 3—Nicholas of Japan, shrine icon at Hakodate Orthodox Church, Hakodate,  Japan, by WIkimedia contributor Alexander Klink. Licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 4.0.
    • February 3—Blaise of Sebaste, from the flag of the former Republic of Ragusa, by Wikimedia contributor Berto456. Licensed under Creative Commons license CC BY-SA 4.0.
    • February 4—Cyril of New Lake, icon, before 20th century, from the blog of John Sandopoulos. Public Domain (due to age).
    • February 4—Theophilus of Adana, illumination from the Maastricht Book of Hours, circa 1300–1325. Via WIkimedia. Public Domain