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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 580099, member: 5833&quot;]That&#039;s a reasonable hypothesis.&nbsp; Would put the pieces into my first third 20th period.&nbsp; Could be, since they are small, valuable, &amp; spiritually meaningful, they were brought from Russia by refugees, the way the Rudolph Otto cameo I showed the other day was taken from Berlin to South America.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We at least have 2 good contenders for the saint.&nbsp; The other is going to be much more difficult.&nbsp; It seems a mitre is part of the kit for any Russian Orthodox bishop.&nbsp; There have not been so many patriarchs, but bishops are plentiful.&nbsp; I can&#039;t tell what would distinguish yours from any other, as the pose is conventional.&nbsp; I really think if he were meant to be a saint, he would have a halo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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