St. Lazarus is the brother of St. Martha and St. Mary Magdalene who was raised from the dead (image) in John 11:1-45 (cached). According to the tradition recorded in the Golden Legend he traveled with his sisters to Marseilles and Aix, where they made many converts to Christianity.
Feast day: none
At left, fifteenth-century painting of the raising of Lazarus
Other images of his resurrection:
The
Murano Diptych
The
Sarcophagus of the Child
A
sarcophagus from Arles
Late classical sketch
Giotto's fresco
from the Arena ChapelImage of his life after resurrection
Hanging
with the arrival in FranceHagiography:
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