SAINT PEREGRINE LAZIOSI. OIL ON CANVAS. 18TH CENTURY.

Miracle of Saint Peregrino Laziosi. Oil on canvas. Spanish school, 18th century.
Oil on canvas showing a man surrounded by angels and sitting on a cloud next to the crucified Christ, who touches the wound in the man's leg. Below, there is a cartouche with an inscription alluding to the identity of the monk and the moment it is shown. Saint Peregrino Laziosi or San Pellegrino da Fortí (1665/66-1345) was a friar of the Order of the Servants of Mary, also known as Servites. According to tradition, he developed cancer in his foot, and spent the day before his leg amputation in prayer. When he woke up, he was cured, and was therefore considered by some to be the patron saint of those afflicted by this disease. Peregrino was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1726.
The composition of the present work, although not the most common on the subject, can be seen in other examples, such as Girolamo da Rocca's 1682 painting of the church of Santa Maria Annunziata in Guastalla in Italy; a painting in the Servites of Carmona (Seville); etc"


· Size: 65,5x5,5x80 cms / int: 48x64 cms