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Hands with stigmata, depicted on a Franciscan church in Lienz, Austria St Catherine fainting from the stigmata by Il Sodoma, Church of Saint Pantaleon, Alsace, France. Stigmata (Ancient Greek: στίγματα, plural of στίγμα stigma, 'mark, spot, brand'), in Catholicism, are bodily wounds, scars and pain which appear in locations corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ ...
The animals in the picture may represent the saint's love for nature and animals. [8] The Ecstasy of St. Francis is depicting Francis in a religious ecstasy , perhaps receiving the stigmata , as Millard Meiss suggested though, when Francis is receiving the stigmata, usually an angel, a seraph or a crucifix emitting rays is depicted as well.
St. Joseph the Hesychast had Francis as his baptismal name, and the Greek tradition always requires Saint's names to be taken at baptism. Romanian Orthodox priest, iconographer, and saint, Arsenie Boca painted an icon of Saints in Draganescu Church, which included St. Francis of Assisi.
Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata is the name given to two unsigned paintings completed around 1428–1432 that art historians usually attribute to the Flemish artist Jan van Eyck. The panels are nearly identical, apart from a considerable difference in size.
See also References External links Four Evangelists Main article: Four Evangelists The symbols of the four Evangelists are here depicted in the Book of Kells. The winged man, lion, eagle and bull symbolize, clockwise from top left, Matthew, Mark, John, and Luke. Saint Symbol Matthew winged man or angel Mark winged lion Luke winged bull John eagle The Apostles Main article: Apostles in the New ...
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Saint Catherine of Siena Receiving the Stigmata is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Domenico Beccafumi, executed c. 1515, now in the Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena. The painting depicts Catherine of Siena kneeling in front of a crucifix, as she receives the stigmata .