“Finally, to put an end to the examples, the bishop Philostorigios, as Metaphrastus reports, wanted to decorate the whole temple of the centurion Cornelius with paintings and carefully display his effigy. The painter Eucratius, because he had never seen the saint, prayed that the saint would reveal his appearance to him, which he did so that the painter represented him as he saw him: showing in his art the truth itself.”

“Denique ut exemplis sinem imponam, Cornelii Centurionis templum, ut Mephrastes refert, totum depingi voluit Philostorgius Episcopusm et Cornelii effigiem in eo diligenter exprimi. Nempe, ut is etiam senex pingeretur et illi ipsi omnino similis. Pictor Eucratius, quia sanctum non viderat, rogabat ut ei suam revelaret speciem, hincque factum est, u team talem pingeret, qualem vidit: ipasm plane veritatem arte sua exprimens.”