ID: 901002109 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002109	Record Type: Character/Person

	Lazarus, Saint (Chrisitian iconography)

Note: Biblical character, the brother of Martha and Mary of Bethania, friends of Jesus (John 11:5). At the request of the two sisters Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead (John 11:41-44). Soon thereafter, the Saturday before Palm Sunday, Lazarus took part in the banquet which Simon the Leper gave to Jesus in Bethania (Matthew 26:6-16; Mark 14:3-11; John 12:1-11). Many of the Jews believed in Jesus because of Lazarus, whom the chief priests now sought to put to death.

Names:

	Lazarus, Saint (Chrisitian iconography) (preferred,English-P)
	St. Lazarus of Bethany (Chrisitian iconography) (English-P,D)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Christian iconography> (P)
		........<Christian characters> (P)
		............Lazarus, Saint (Chrisitian iconography) (I)

Related Iconography:

	is actor for .... Raising of Lazarus
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Christian iconography, New Testament narratives, Life of Jesus Christ (New Testament narrative), Miracles of Christ (New Testament narrative), Raising of Lazarus (miracle, Christian iconography)) [901002110]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... saint
	.....(people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Lazarus, Saint (Chrisitian iconography)
	................Seidel, Legends in Limestone: Cathedral of Autun (1999)
	St. Lazarus of Bethany (Chrisitian iconography)
	................Catholic Encyclopedia [online], republished from 1913 edition (2003-)