Roger II (1095-1154)

  King of Sicily 1130-1154

"Mosaic in the Martorana at Palermo, representing the coronation of King Roger II at the hands of Christ, where the desired effect of making the God manifest in the king was achieved by a striking facial resemblance between Roger and Christ."  Ernst H. Kantorowicz, The King's Two Bodies:  A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology (Princeton:  1957) 65