08/28/2023
The city of St. Louis is named for a French king, Louis IX. Louis had a long and eventful reign, which we won't go into here, and was canonized after his death. Like most saints, Louis has been represented many times in art: in painting, statues, even the walls in the U.S. House of Representatives and Supreme Court chambers. One particularly notable image for us though is an iconic statue entitled "Apotheosis of Saint Louis", depicting a crowned Saint Louis in 13th-century armor on horseback, presumably riding to battle in one of his two Crusades. This statue was the emblem of the city until the Gateway Arch was built in the 1960s and it helped in spire the "Crusaders" name.
The city of St. Louis is named for a French king, Louis IX. Louis had a long and eventful reign, which we won't go into here, and was canonized after his death. Like most saints, Louis has been represented many times in art: in painting, statues, even the walls in the U.S. House of Representatives a...
