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Porphyrius with pagans adoring the demons, St. Augustine with monks (one with the cross of the monastic order Trinitarians or Mathurins) and priests worshipping the Trinity as three identical persons
Title: Porphyrius with pagans adoring the demons, St. Augustine with monks (one with the cross of the monastic order Trinitarians or Mathurins) and priests worshipping the Trinity as three identical persons
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