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Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus and is so vilified by Christians his name is commonly used to indicate someone as a traitor. In Pietro Perugino's "Delivery of the Keys" he is depicted with a halo (fifth figure to the left of Christ). What is going on here?

by /u/com2420 in /r/AskHistorians

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