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The three altarpieces installed in the chancel of Santo Tomás in Ávila had a similar composition: a central panel with the image of the titular saint flanked by four lateral panels, two on either side, depicting episodes from their lives that emphasise each saint’s supernatural powers and their defence of Christian orthodoxy.For the creation of the cycles of images in the altarpieces
This is one of a set of panels (P612, P613, P614 y P617) from Santo Tomás in Avila, where they were very likely part of an altarpiece dedicated to Saint Peter, the Martyr of Verona. It originally stood beside the transept but was later in the upper cloister of the convent. Saint Peter, the Martyr of Verona (thirteenth century) knew Saint Dominic and became a member of his new order, the Pre
