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Francis of Paola, O.M. (also known as Francis the Fire Handler; 27 March 1416 – 2 April 1507), was a Roman Catholic friar from the town of Paola in Calabria who founded the Order of Minims. Like his patron saint ( Francis of Assisi ), but unlike the majority of founders of men's religious orders , Francis of Paola was never ordained a priest .
The founder of the order, Francis of Paola, was born in 1416 and named in honor of Francis of Assisi.The boy became ill when he was only one month old, and his mother prayed to Saint Francis and promised that her son would spend a year in a Franciscan friary if he were healed.
In 1728, a Pope Benedict XIII assigned the church to the Minims, an order established by St. Francis of Paola. The current name of the church dates from 1730, when a series of miracles were linked to an icon painted on the exterior of a nearby house nearby, which was seen to emit light. The image was then transferred to the Church, and changed ...
Seen when viewed from the left of the painting, St Francis is dressed in the habit of the order he founded and with the marks of stigmata mirroring the crucifix he holds in the same hand. Seen when viewed from the right is another St Francis – St Francis of Paola (St Francis de Paul) – wearing a cowl , and holding a paper marked CHARITAS.
Other decorations inside the church include stuccoes (1705) by Biagio Bianco of Licodia, some of them gilded in the late 18th century. A reliquary made of silver was completed by Francesco Tuccio in 1726. On the right is an altarpiece by Giuseppe Reati, depicting the Miracle of St Francis of Paola (1641).
St. François d'Assise: La prédication aux oiseaux, S.175/1 is based on a story of St. Francis of Assisi.It is said that, one day, while Francis was travelling with some companions, they happened upon a place in the road where birds filled the trees on either side.
During a mass in Naples on Saturday, he was given a vial of dried blood belonging to St. Gennaro, the city's patron saint. Pope Francis credited for 'half-miracle' Skip to main content
He also painted an altarpiece depicting St Francis of Sales. The sacristy ceiling is frescoed by Francesco Guala with the Assumption of the Virgin (1756-1757). Guala also painted canvases with Christ in the Garden and the Christ with Crown of Spines. The nave ceiling was frescoed by Giuseppe Giudici with the Glory of St Francis of Paola.