As I was writing the post about St Christopher, I looked for pictures and I found the picture displayed in the St Christopher post. I like the portrayal of St Christopher and the Christ Child, but I wondered who are the saints on the right and left.
Because the picture is actually the center panel of a triptych (Moreel Triptych), I was able to look up info on it and identify the Saints as Sts Gilles and Maurus. I know that St Gilles was a hermit and he took an arrow for a beloved deer who kept him company, but that's about all I know. I don't know anything about St Maurus.
I will probably look up these two later, but if you are like me you have to know who the saints are and what is significant about their iconography.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcomlxZsudFFu_Aqrv8g3EKsrO8yneuQawgdjwokN3jh5aAUSxx6IdLjolbWgIfsIlNPxzueruozThdzvGZIqTGk0VV2Wtw7VsvY6mwOoQqGY7x9VyH-cRXvxXFjLc0UIcr964w/s400/Memling_Brugge_Moreel_Triptych.JPG)
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