In November of the same year he already became master in the painters' Guild of St. Luke and the goldsmiths' guild of St. Elooi.
Saint Eligius (circa 588-659), Catholic patron saint of goldsmiths and other metalworkers
Here are sculptures representing Jesus, Mary, John the Evangelist and a peculiar sculpture of a saint lying down, interpreted as Saint Eligius.
Initially designed by Raphael for the Guild of Goldsmiths when they split off from the Guild of Ironworkers in 1509 and dedicated to their patron saint Eligius, it was completed by Baldassarre Peruzzi and Bastiano da Sangallo.
The blacksmiths' hospital was devoted to their patron Saint Eligius (St. Eloy in Dutch).
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The images venerated are: Our Lady of Mercy (main altar), Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of Sorrows, Christ, Saint Anthony, Saint Francis of Paola, and Saint Eligius (patron saint of the metalworkers, who donated the image).
The Flemish people are first mentioned in the biography of Saint Eligius (ca. 590-660), the Vita sancti Eligii.
With the support of Saint Eligius, Godeberta became a nun despite the fact that her parents wanted her to marry.
A Goldsmith in His Shop, Possibly Saint Eligius is a 1449 painting by Petrus Christus, now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.