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Spanish school of the 18th century. "San Francisco de Paula". Oil on canvas. Presents restorations and faults. Frame of the nineteenth century, with faults. Measurements: 70 x 60 cm; 91 x 72 x 3 cm (frame). Painting of late-baroque period and style, appreciable in the marked chiaroscuro that give the devotional image dramatic intensity. The saint holds his hand to his heart while looking at the celestial glow in which the word "Caritas" is engraved. St. Francis of Paola (1416-1507) was an Italian hermit and founder of the Order of Minims. At a very young age he began his life as a hermit on the outskirts of his native town of Paula. Little by little he acquired fame for his prodigies, and around 1450 there was already a group of followers around his figure. His community grew, and in 1470 the Congregation of Hermits (the future Order of Minims) received diocesan approval from the Archbishop of Consenza. Four years later, Pope Sixtus IV granted them pontifical approval. In 1483 Francis of Paola went to France by order of the Pope and at the request of King Louis XI. There he developed some diplomatic work in favor of the Holy See, at the same time that he tried to obtain the approval of a Rule for his congregation, which he finally obtained in 1493. Until his death, Francis of Paola would count on the support and protection of the French monarchs, and a few years after his death, processes for his canonization would begin in Calabria, Tourse and Amiens, in which numerous witnesses of his life and miracles testified. He was finally beatified in 1513 and canonized in 1519. The iconography of this saint is abundant. The best known effigy, which has inspired many painters, is the one by Jean Bourdichon, a French painter contemporary to Francis of Paola. In it the saint appears in the habit, an old man with a grave face and a thick gray beard, leaning on a simple staff.

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Spanish school of the 18th century. "San Francisco de Paula". Oil on canvas. Presents restorations and faults. Frame of the nineteenth century, with faults. Measurements: 70 x 60 cm; 91 x 72 x 3 cm (frame). Painting of late-baroque period and style, appreciable in the marked chiaroscuro that give the devotional image dramatic intensity. The saint holds his hand to his heart while looking at the celestial glow in which the word "Caritas" is engraved. St. Francis of Paola (1416-1507) was an Italian hermit and founder of the Order of Minims. At a very young age he began his life as a hermit on the outskirts of his native town of Paula. Little by little he acquired fame for his prodigies, and around 1450 there was already a group of followers around his figure. His community grew, and in 1470 the Congregation of Hermits (the future Order of Minims) received diocesan approval from the Archbishop of Consenza. Four years later, Pope Sixtus IV granted them pontifical approval. In 1483 Francis of Paola went to France by order of the Pope and at the request of King Louis XI. There he developed some diplomatic work in favor of the Holy See, at the same time that he tried to obtain the approval of a Rule for his congregation, which he finally obtained in 1493. Until his death, Francis of Paola would count on the support and protection of the French monarchs, and a few years after his death, processes for his canonization would begin in Calabria, Tourse and Amiens, in which numerous witnesses of his life and miracles testified. He was finally beatified in 1513 and canonized in 1519. The iconography of this saint is abundant. The best known effigy, which has inspired many painters, is the one by Jean Bourdichon, a French painter contemporary to Francis of Paola. In it the saint appears in the habit, an old man with a grave face and a thick gray beard, leaning on a simple staff.

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