Sacred Art & Iconography

Portrait of Pope Sergius I (Rijksmuseum, atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)

Woodcut, Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493, Rijksmuseum

Citation Formats

General Reference

Divinity Atlas. "Portrait of Pope Sergius I (Rijksmuseum, atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/sergiusi-rijks-rp-p-2016-49-62-7.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Portrait of Pope Sergius I (Rijksmuseum, atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/sergiusi-rijks-rp-p-2016-49-62-7

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-portrait-of-pope-sergius-i-rijksmuseum-a,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Portrait of Pope Sergius I (Rijksmuseum, atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sacred-art-iconography/sergiusi-rijks-rp-p-2016-49-62-7},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A woodcut portrait of Pope Sergius I, made for Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum, the Nuremberg Chronicle, printed in 1493. Sergius I is remembered for refusing the Quinisext Council's canons, for introducing the Agnus Dei into the Mass, and for baptizing the Anglo-Saxon king Caedwalla of Wessex. Held today by the Rijksmuseum.

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Anglo-Saxons

This source names Anglo-Saxons directly: "A woodcut portrait of Pope Sergius I, made for Hartmann Schedel's Liber Chronicarum, the Nuremberg Chronicle, printed in 1493."

Source Paus Sergius I, Rijksmuseum (atelier of Michel Wolgemut, 1493)