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This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories listed at Wikipedia:Non-free content#Images or Wikipedia:Non-free content#Audio clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the articles "Saints Sergius and Bacchus" and "History of Christianity and homosexuality":

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Modern day icon of Sts. Sergius and Bacchus by Robert Lentz. Many historians consider the two Saints to be an early Christian same-sex union. The names on the icon read "Σεργιος" and "Βακχως" (an alternate or misspelling of "Βακχος").

(Lentz has also painted an icon of Sts. Polyeuctus and Nearchus, also believed to be an early same-sex union.)

This image is sourced from the webpage of "Gentle Shepherd Church, The Catholic Apostolic Church of Antioch in Richmond Virginia", from their "Our Patron Saints" page at http://www.gentleshepherdrichmond.com/Saints.htm — the image was scaled down by User:Coelacan to maintain low resolution (264×327 pixels in this case) for fair use.

[edit] Fair use rationale

Fair use in Saints Sergius and Bacchus

It was suggested that Image:Sergebac7thcentury.jpg can be used in place of this image, however, that image, though public domain, does not give the same information as this one. This image is not intended merely to show what the subjects look like. It was created by a gay artist specifically to present the two men as gay, which was not (presumably) the intention of the creator of Image:Sergebac7thcentury.jpg. The artist's portrayal of the men as gay is expressed in the content this image, making it substantially different from the public domain image, and conveying substantially different information. Thus, as it uniquely illustrates the articles' discussion of the artist's representation of the subjects, it is not replaceable by the public domain image.

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current	15:38, 18 January 2007	264×327 (103 KB)	Coelacan (Talk \| contribs)	(version without major jpeg artifacts)
	09:14, 15 February 2005	264×334 (45 KB)	Apollomelos (Talk \| contribs)	({{PD}})